On second thought, I don't think these are dead ones, I think maybe they have just shed their old skin because they are growing! That makes more sense. So do you see their molted skin lying on the top????

Absolutely!! You'll see little drifts of skins! That's very good news!

I do not mist---too worried about mold. I have drawn boundaries regarding what I will and will not do to raise mealworms. I'm pretty overloaded as it is! Mine do fine with just veggies and cornmeal. At least I think they do!

In a box that big, I usually put 4 little pieces of celery (or whatever) to supply each "quadrant." If they're that tiny, I don't know how far they can go to get food!

Hope that helps,

Ann

Yes the dried skins are good news. It means they're growing, which is great. The more dried skins on the surface I see the better I consider that bin to be growing. The dead ones will be black and hard. Finding a few dead ones every now and then is quite normal. Sometimes they don't shed their skins correctly and get stuck in the old skin and die. But that should only be a very tiny percentage of them. Sounds like your mealworm bins are doing great.