Superworm Pupation - How to get Superworms to Pupate - Superworm Pupa - Superworm Pupating

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Okay guys! Coming to today with a more in depth video on superworm pupation! Recently, I've been asked quite a few questions in the comment section about pupation so I figured I'd provide a better explaination than I did in my Super Worm Breeding Guide and give a few examples. Afterall, it was my first video and I could have done a lot better on it, however, it is by far my most viewed video. So this video is my 100 subscriber special. I only planned 4 videos this month, but since hitting this milestone, and the various questions I've been asked, I decided to whip this video up for you guys and thank you for the journey with me thus far.
Let's start with picking worms and how I go about doing it. I isolate the worms I feel are large enough into a bin alone and feed them fresh every day. I don't exactly measure them, I just kind of eye ball it. Ideally, you want them to be a bit plump and quite long. I've gotten used to it doing it, I rarely have to put worms back because I chose ones that were not ideal. To increase your chances of having all of your worms pupating, provide them with a constant supply of veggies a few days, preferably weeks, before pupation. This helps them get fat and store up a lot of moisture for their metamorphasis. If you are having problems with your worms not always pupating, try this, and I can almost gaurentee that you will have better results.
I placed around 30 worms into isolation this round. I've seen a lot of debate on what causes them to pupate. The channel LeopardGecko has a good video on this where she proves several different conditions work, and the one thing that remained the same across all of her pupation conditions was : Isolation. Her video is linked below if you want to know what and how she tested it.
Ideally, you want worms approaching 1.5"-2". The second biggest factor is how fat they are. I don't suggest trying to cause the worm to pupate if it is long enough but isn't a little fat. This is a good comparison. This worm is nice a chonky boy and is ready to become a beetle. I wouldn't bother with this one until it was larger. Just keep feeding them until they grow big and fat. You want to have a healthy beetle.
So these are my jars after the worms have pupated. I have since added new worms into the cycle, and as you can see, they are in the condiment cups from my previous video. Some of the worms have yet to pupate, though sometimes I have to put a few back. If it goes on longer than a week and half before curling up into a C, I place the worm back and let them grow.
The worm will stay in the pupa stage for a few weeks. It will slowly darken over time. You can use this to predict which will hatch first. As the legs and eyes get darker and darker, more features of the beetle can be seen more clearly. I do not have any complete footage of a beetle emerging, but I do have one starting to work its way out. Once out, they are done.

I've read that you can apparently sex them in this stage. I'm going to be showing close ups for a moment of the area, to my understanding, that you are supposed to be able to tell the sexes apart. However, they all basically look the same to me, so I think I'm either looking in the wrong spot or the info I read was wrong. Their faces have not developed enough at this point to use my method either, at least until they mature further along. I'll have to try some time. But I will be sexing this entire batch of beetles in another video, after they hatch, along with setting up a small colony that has a controlled ratio of females and males of 3-1. I'm planning on starting the colony off with 16 beetles, 12 females, 4 males, and expanding in a few months with a follow up video of their yield vs my larger colony of over 100 members. I will be comparing the cardboard collections of both colonies and looking at the egg density. That's all I have for today guys without dragging the video out too long. If you have it in your insect loving heart, give me a like, a subscribe, and hit the bell icon for more videos like this in the future. And as always, from the Gizards and I. Have a wonderful, day.