I cleaned out the mealworms today. The beetle drawer had become overrun by large young, so it was time to move them out. What I do is strain out all of the worms from the worm drawer substrate. This is the old breeding substrate and is the oldest and dirtiest. Then using this empty drawer I prepare a fresh beetle/breeding drawer. I then move all of the beetles one by one out of the old beetle drawer and into the new. This leaves behind all of the young worms and current eggs. Then I dump the strained older worms into the old beetle drawer so it is all worms only in there. The beetles now have a fresh and clean and worm-free place to mate.

 

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