Giant Mealworm Warning

[Joan]

Giant mealworms (tenibrio molitor) are fed hormones and should be avoided. http://www.nyworms.com/giant_mealworms.htm
They are often refrigerated along with mealworms at pet stores. They are used as fish bait.

[newsquirrelmom]

I bought mealworms from PetSmart for the first time tonight. How do I know if they are giant or not? The label doesn't say.

[jpruett86]

The giants can be around 2 inches long.



If the ones you got are small enough to feed to a baby bearded dragon they are the normal ones, if that helps at all haha.

[fire-eyez]

that looks like a superworm.....right? which is different from a mealworm?

[Joan]

Superworms (Zophobas morio) are mainly sold in pet stores as food for reptiles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophobas_morio

[pappy1264]

Superworms can be fed to flyers, Giant mealworms are not the same thing.