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Mealworm guide Recommendations for Breeding and Holding of Regular Mealworm Recommendations for breeding and holding of regular mealworm Tenebrio molitor Prepared for INBIOM - Danish Insect Network and inVALUABLE Prepared by Insect Group Water and Environ

Recommendations for Breeding and Holding of Regular Mealworm Recommendations for breeding and holding of regular mealworm Tenebrio molitor Prepared for INBIOM - Danish Insect Network and inVALUABLE Prepared by Insect Group Water and Environment Institute of Technology technology park Kongsvang Allé Aarhus C June - st edition Authors Jonas L Andersen Ida E Berggreen Lars-Henrik L Heckmann Translated from Dutch to English by Scott Jost owner of Space Coast Mealworms Disclaimer The Danish Technological Institute has good experience of following the recommendations expressed in this document The Danish Technological Institute does not give any guarantees and cannot be held responsible for the recommendations leading to a certain result Table of Contents Introduction General Production steps Reproduction Production Separation Separation of larvae Separation of pupae Killing Important Production Parameters Feed Dry food Wet food Temperature Humidity Example of production cycle for Tenebrio molitor CRecommendations for Breeding and Holding of Regular Mealworm Introduction This guide is aimed at farmers and other stakeholders who are interested in starting a production of the ordinary mealworm As the area is still very new this is not a ?nal recipe for successful production but rather a number of recommendations The recommendations are based on the Danish Institute of Technology's experience with insect production and on knowledge of the subject obtained in both the Netherlands and abroad The guide is sponsored by INBIOM Danish Insect Network and the innovation project inVALUABLE supported by the Innovation Fund General Common mealworm Tenebrio molitor passes through like other insects with complete transformation also known as holometabolism four lifestyles Adult - Egg - Larva - Pupae In the larval stage they will make about skin changes The larva of mealworms also called mealworm has been used as a source of protein in large parts of the East and has been sold in the western world for decades as pet food reptiles ?sh etc Since the insect's great potential as food and feed has come into focus due to global rising demand after protein Insects can be in the right conditions to give a much higher protein yield per area than traditional crews At the same time insect production uses only a fraction of the water that goes to produce the same amount of meat in conventional production systems Mealwormic primary biomass growth occurs in larval stages where larvae can double their weight several hundred times - from an egg on ca mg to a full-fat larva of about - mg during - weeks depending on among other things temperature humidity and feed Production steps The production of mealworm can generally be divided into four areas Reproduction Production Separation and Killing Reproduction The reproduction includes the adult beetles the mother culture as well as the eggs that are being laid and which are to continue for production The goal is to get the most possible eggs per production unit a breeding box in this case and the highest possible survival of eggs to larvae There are various factors that a ?ect the