Our good friend Aly Moore of Bugible and EatBugsEvents just posted a fantastic article on getting started farming your own mealworms…
Building a mealworm farm is inexpensive, can be completed in a matter of days, uses around 1.5 square feet of space, and can produce about 1 – 1.5 pounds of mealworms a week.
I often joke that in the movie The Martian, Matt Damon would have been better off growing bugs instead of potatoes on Mars. In addition to being nutrition powerhouses and super sustainable, insects have incredible potential in urban farming. They take up very little space, can be grown virtually anywhere (with the proper setup), require less feed than traditional livestock, and do not consume much water. Efficient little machines!
Adult female beetles can lay up to five hundred eggs during her lifespan of five to six months. After an average of twelve days, the eggs hatch into larvae known as mealworms. These critters will molt their exoskeleton several times before they reach the pupa stage at around three months of age.
Everything you need to know to get started farming mealworms is in this article.
Why not try it yourself?
Click here to read the full article “How to Farm Your Own Mealworms!” by Aly Moore at Bugible.
