They may start small, but they grow fast! Hornworms generally have a good calcium to phosphorus ratio, so you don’t need to worry about dusting them with calcium before feeding them to your pet.Įach cup contains at least 12-24 worms and enough food to grow them to 1-2" within a week. When your pet eats a varied diet of insects that includes hornworms as part of the rotation, your pet will receive more balanced nutrition and produce more normal stools.ĭo hornworms need to be dusted with calcium? But hornworms are lower in protein and fiber, so feeding a lot of hornworms will result in runny stools. As long as you are feeding more dubia than hornworms, your pet will be just fine. Hornworms can be offered as feeders somewhat consistently, however, we never recommend feeding only hornworms to your pet. NEVER feed wild hornworms to your pets, as the tomato leaves and plant they like to eat in the wild, are toxic and can make your pet very sick! However, they are much more desirable in captivity as food for insectivorous and omnivorous reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. In the wild, they feed primarily on the leaves of plants such as tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, tobacco, and others, which makes them a common garden pest. Hornworms are the larvae of the Hawk Moth/Sphinx Moth ( Manduca sexta ). They are not meant to grow very large in this cup, and we expect you to feed these off quickly to avoid them growing too large or running out of food. These are an “economy” cups that no other seller offers. IMPORTANT: Our small hornworms come in a small 8oz cup. HORNWORMS GROW VERY FAST, AND IF THE SHIPPING CARRIER IS EVEN 2-3 DAYS BEHIND, THEY CAN GROW TOO LARGE IF WE DON’T SEND EGGS. WE SEND THEM SMALL BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ORDERING THEM HAVE VERY SMALL PETS TO FEED, AND IF WE SENT THEM AS WORMS INSTEAD OF EGGS, YOU MIGHT RECEIVE THEM TOO LARGE. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE EGGS OR TINY HORNWORMS IN THE CUP.
*OUR SMALL HORNWORMS WILL BE EGGS OR VERY TINY HORNWORMS WHEN THEY ARRIVE AND WILL NOT REACH THE SAME SIZE AS OUR MEDIUM. Buying just this product? Check our Small Hornworms FREE SHIPPING product here.
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