Mealworms Are for the Birds

Mealworms

We offer Mealworms in 500 & 5,000 containers. 

Many birds eat insects naturally, so feeding mealworms to the birds is a natural thing to do. Plus, you’ll enjoy watching birds such as chickadees, bluebirds, wrens, towhees, woodpeckers, robins, catbirds, nuthatches, thrashers and others devour these mouthwatering morsels! A Red-breasted Nuthatch was seen taking mealworms from a feeder and caching them at a rate of three per minute.

Mealworms are the larvae of the beetle Tenebrio molitor. The larvae stage of the beetle typically lasts for 10 weeks. To maintain the larvae in a state of dormancy, they must be refrigerated at 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit (lower temperatures can kill the larvae). You can keep mealworms for several weeks and they will maintain their dormant state.

Birds typically look for food around the same time each day, so you can place worms in a feeder or tray at the same time the birds regularly visit. Make sure the birds can access the feeder but that the worms can’t crawl out! Mealworms are a great way to attract birds that don’t ordinarily come to seed feeders.

 

     

Tidy Treat Mealworm Feeder-  $19.99 

Works great for dried mealworms!!           

 

Feeding Mealworms-

If you want to feed these little guys. We recommend cut up apples or potatoes.Put the pieces in and leave the worms on the counter overnight. Let me feast and then take out what is left in the morning before putting them back into the fridge for keeping.