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Price: $14.60
We here at Flinn and our vendor will both do everything we can to ensure that we get your live material to you when scheduled. That said, sometimes the collection of living items does not go as planned and they are unexpectedly unavailable despite everyone’s very best efforts. When that happens, we will let you know as soon as we are notified so you can reschedule or cancel your order.
Mealworms are popular in biology labs for observations of insect metamorphosis and are also an excellent food source for amphibians and reptiles. Shipped in shallow bait containers with bran meal medium.
Item subject to availability.
Maintenance Alert
Maintain mealworms in containers with screens or ventilated covers at 25 to 30 ºC. Mealworms thrive on any type of grain-including bran meal, oat flakes, or corn meal. Provide moisture by adding slices of carrot, potato or apple.This item can only be shipped to schools, museums and science centers
Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) are clean, odorless and easy to maintain. They are ideal for classroom use and illustrating an insect life cycle with completely metamorphosis (egg, larva, pupa and adult). A continuous culture is also excellent as a food supplement for a variety of animals, such as fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles.
Item subject to availability.
