Quote Originally Posted by jimlargecrappie View Post
Hi,

I am new here, but my friends and I are trying to raise a bunch of wax worms. We are using 3 gallon jugs, but they keep filling up with silk type stuf. Is there any way to stop the worms from creating and filling my jug up with silk? Anywone had this problem before?

Thank-You for any and all help offered.

Jim -MN

I can't remember what site it was at. But the only way to stop the little ones from spinning silk is to put them into the freezer for a while. I tried and killed most of them. Didn't work for me, guess you have to know what your doing.

Anyway, when they spin a silk cacoon, they are going from the larva stage to the pupal stage, after that they hatch into moths. And thats what you want, the moths are what lays eggs. It took me a while but 2 years ago I raise enough to fish with. Feeding them to is not easy, I used ground dogfood and honey, then dried it out and crumbled it.

Bottom line your can't really stop them from silking unless your know what your doing.