Determining the Effect of Different Reproduction Factors on the Yield and Hatching of Tenebrio Molitor Eggs.

ABSTRACT: Whereas the production of conventional livestock can rely on years of knowledge and experience, the mealworm production industry is still in its early stages. Although the yellow mealworm Tenebrio molitor has been cultivated as feed for pets and zoo animals for quite some time, the optimization of the reproduction process has not been widely explored. For reproduction, beetles are placed in crates supplemented with a substrate to oviposit their eggs. After a specified time, the beetles are removed, and the eggs are further cultivated to develop into larvae. Factors such as oviposition duration and beetle density influence the number of produced mealworms per beetle, partly due to the cannibalistic behavior of the beetles. However, reproductive success has mostly been assessed by det

SUBMITTER: Frooninckx L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9322254 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature