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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 189755" data-attributes="member: 29323">I think the mealworm beetle is known as a "Darkling Beetle" And yes you can feed them, in fact they are very notorious. HOWEVER, these beetles have a defence mechanism, they can spray an  odour that your T will find very unpleasant & never put a  live mealworm beetle in, if you even think your T is pre molt. These beetles will damage your T.Personally I treat them like a roach, I crush their heads & pop them in. Some T's will eat them & love them, others refuse, but personally, I find smaller T's are more likely to eat them & I will not put them in live, as I know they produce that odour & I know they can harm my T's.  But as dead prey, they seem to work fine with some T's.</blockquote>