Mealworm Beetle Timelapse

[cannedprimordialsoup]

me when I have to get out of my 3-blanket cocoon in winter morning :

[trainerlsw]

Didn’t know that mealworms are actually beetle larva.

[dawnmichelle]

I was thinking the other day about whatever mealworms become. This is interesting!

[Chicken_Wing]

Sometimes we get the giant mealworms for our brearded dragon and some of them will be pupas lol

[nataliet]

seeing the trachael tubes is SO cool!!

[Javin]

So cool to see the growth process. When I was very young, my grandpa had buckets of these that he would put apples in as food. Every time I came over I checked what was in the bucket. Sometimes beetles, sometimes worms. It was like magic at the time, as science it's even better!

[woosher]

Those beetles look scary when black but really cute in white.

[RealLordVoldemort]

I grew a few mealworms before. Super easy to do tbh. They just never stop multiplying.

[AskMeABee]

Having a colony for over a year now, I appreciate seeing the process up close!

[Trapluhhoe]

i had a mini mealworm farm and used to watch all the stages in real time it was fun

[spiwolf]

I used to breed these little guys for our wildlife rescue. I can still remember the smell to this day.

[peaceandharmony]

Thanks for taking us thru all the life stages. Really great video!

[crossoverqueen]

Seeing videos like this makes me extremely happy!

[bi]

For many years every summer these beetles would swarm my workplace and I newer knew what type of insects they were until now.

[Nxoxaxhx]

I had mealworms for my hamsters and they also became beetles. The hamster liked the worms, the larvae and also the beetles.

[AgentSapphire]

when i was little my dad kept a bunch of these to feed to his reptiles. I've never seen the full lifecycle like this though.

[IllusiveDuck]

Oh wow! So that's how I get beetles every time I want to feed my gecko. He dont discriminate. He loves beetles and meal worms

[megazillasaurus]

my favorite invertebrate and second favorite animal

[powerrage]

One beetle just straight up stops moving as if saying im dead

[equakksk]

life is often disgusting and beautiful at the same time - random human scientist through the centuries