ZOO SUPPLIES
BREEDING OF MEALWORMS.
The war has cut off most of the I,ondon Zoo’s supply' of of mealworms, or beetle larvae, of which about. 7cwt a year are eaten in the bird, reptile an*» insect houses. Since the last war, most, of the zoo's supply has been imported from German mealworm, “farms." When war broke out the zoo were thrown back on their own resources for this food. Small amounts of mealworms have been obtainable from dealers in Eng-i land at about 5s per pound. But the zoo hope to become self-supporting.
“Mealworms breed readily enough in bran and other cereal products.” a zoo official said this week, “and wo shall go in for breeding them on a large scale in one of our laboratories.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 June 1940, Page 6
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