Thread: Wax worms?

I am probably the lucky one in a million but when I handle wax worms I have to be EXTREMELY careful not to touch my eyes because they will swell shut. It is really a problem cause they work so good for so many different types of pan fish.

I'm probably biased when it comes to wax worms,and will probably never use them.I have 4 beehives,and have personally seen the destructive nature of the the wax moth.Wax worms are the larva of the wax moth,if they get in a hive,they will destroy the wax foundation,thus ruining the honey.
While they do not harm the bees directly,they can kill a colony by destroying the life cycle of bee rearing and food reserves that help them endure winter,mealworms,maggots,and mousies for me........

ive never used the mealworms. yall got me wanting to go start up a bed. was looking on amazon. defiantly cheap. wanted to ask yall whats with the dehydrated mealwormsall about. can you fish with them or is it for feeding pets.

Pet food, you need live worms to be able to thread a hook

Thanks they didn't look like they would go on a hook basically just a husk in the pics I saw


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For what it's worth ... I've had much better luck with wax worms (wax moth larvae) than meal worms (darkling beetle larvae).

But for sunfish in the Fall ... you can't beat "Horse Weed Worms" (actually they are stalk borer worms).

Here's a couple of links that show the worm & the weed it feeds on/nests in :

SECRET Survival Fishing Bait –

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Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

For what it's worth ... I've had much better luck with wax worms (wax moth larvae) than meal worms (darkling beetle larvae).

But for sunfish in the Fall ... you can't beat "Horse Weed Worms" (actually they are stalk borer worms).

Here's a couple of links that show the worm & the weed it feeds on/nests in :

SECRET Survival Fishing Bait –

The Bulletin: Print-Friendly Article Page

I always seem to catch more bluegill with the pupa of the mealworm than the mealworm itself, I know this for a fact because my Girlfriend will only use the mealworm.The reason being is that she thinks the pupa " looks weird"...sometimes 3or4 to 1... stupid huh ?

Originally Posted by Techno2000

I always seem to catch more bluegill with the pupa of the mealworm than the mealworm itself, I know this for a fact because my Girlfriend will only use the mealworm.The reason being is that she thinks the pupa " looks weird"...sometimes 3or4 to 1... stupid huh ?

They do have a little bit of "Alien" (the movie) look to them ... but, I wouldn't make a big deal out of it. She's willing to use the mealworm, and not a lot of women would even go that far. Heck, I know some men that are squeamish about ANY bugs with multiple legs !!