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Definition of mealworm
: the larva of a darkling beetle (especially genus Tenebrio) that infests grain products but is often raised as food for insectivorous animals, for laboratory use, or as fishing bait
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As the insects grow, the Beta Hatch team removes the frass the mealworms produce, and replenishes their food.
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For the first stunt, Roeschlein had to lie down in a glass box while covered in mealworms, snakes and scorpions as McNew was busy trying to find the key to free her teammate, who is also her roommate.
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A mealworm with a cricket floated just off the bottom is productive on browns and rainbows off the Peninsula, Rec #2, Rocky Point and off Red Bank on anchor or slow trolling ‘
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On each child’s desk is a small plastic cup with two holes in the top for the mealworms, which are soon to be fully formed beetles.
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Once, in Malaysian Borneo, Tuttle was trying to tame some Hardwicke's woolly bats by hand-feeding them mealworms.
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Donations of mealworms, raw unsalted peanuts, dove seed, unsalted creamy peanut butter and spray millet are always welcome.
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Cows requires ten times as much feed and much more water to produce a pound of protein compared to mealworms.
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The males could then offer either a single mealworm or moth through the screen as a gift.
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First Known Use of mealworm
1658
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Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about mealworm
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