01-08-2009, 03:55 AM
I have plans to go ice fishing tommorrow and heard that wax worms work really good. So I went to the Layton wal-mart hoping to find some there. What I found was a whole bunch of nightcrawlers instead. So then I went over to Pets-mart thinking that they would probably be in stock there but again, no luck. Called Petco and they said that they had one container left, but that ten of the 50 were dead. I thought ok, some dead wax worms would be better than none, I'll go there later and pick them up. Unfortunately I had a dentist appointment so I was delayed in going there for a few hours and by the time I got there they had sold the last container.[
] Both places were out of mealworms as well, I heard that some giant mealworm factory burned down and so that is why the supply is so low.
So does anyone know where wax worms can be found anywhere from Layton to Pineview Reservoir? If this chronic shortage continues I just might try breeding the little critters myself (if I could get a hold of some first). I read up about it on the internet and it sounds pretty straightforward. You just need a large glass or hard plastic jar, some honey/oat mixture for food, a couple pieces of crumpled up wax paper (for the adult moths to lay there eggs on), a couple dozen worms and in a month you'll have hundreds of baby waxies crawling around the jar. More than enough to last for a few weeks of ice fishing. Has anyone tried doing this before? If so any tips would be appreciated. Thanks.[
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] Both places were out of mealworms as well, I heard that some giant mealworm factory burned down and so that is why the supply is so low.So does anyone know where wax worms can be found anywhere from Layton to Pineview Reservoir? If this chronic shortage continues I just might try breeding the little critters myself (if I could get a hold of some first). I read up about it on the internet and it sounds pretty straightforward. You just need a large glass or hard plastic jar, some honey/oat mixture for food, a couple pieces of crumpled up wax paper (for the adult moths to lay there eggs on), a couple dozen worms and in a month you'll have hundreds of baby waxies crawling around the jar. More than enough to last for a few weeks of ice fishing. Has anyone tried doing this before? If so any tips would be appreciated. Thanks.[
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