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2020年10月22日—Superwormsandmealwormsarefairlycommonasreptilefeeders,butcanyoufeedsuperwormormealwormbeetlestoyourpettoo?Getthe ...

Superworms and mealworms are fairly common as reptile feeders, but those are just the larvae. What about their adult form, beetles? Can you feed superworm and mealworm beetles to reptiles?

As it turns out, beetles are a much more commonly eaten bug in the wild than grubs, which makes sense, since grubs tend to spend most of their time out of sight, making them hard for reptiles to find. Both insectivorous and omnivorous lizards seem attracted to the way beetles crawl and get more excited over a scuttling beetle than a worm. 

According to ecology records, lizards are natural predators of Tenebrio molitor beetles. And according to this study, they have some great nutrition to offer:[1]

Contrast these numbers with those of the larvae, mea...