![]() ![]() What about feeding superworms to leopard geckos? Recently, superworms have been studied as an alternative source of protein for cattle and humans, as well as agents of waste processing – it has been discovered that they can digest and live off plastic waste such as polystyrene (and yes, they can bite through thin plastic boxes that they’re usually bought in!). They produce large, cylindrical, brown-orange larvae we know as superworms, king worms, or morio worms.įor decades, superworms have been bred in captivity to use as a quality live food source for reptiles, birds, fish, and other animals. ![]() These beetles are native to Central and South America. Superworms are not real worms but larvae of a darkling beetle, Zoophobas morio. ![]()
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