culturing blood worms

hussain

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• Feb 2, 2008

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Can anyone give me instructions on culturing bloodworms.

 

Mgamer20o0

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• Feb 2, 2008

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the thing with bloodworms they are not really worms. they are mosquito larva. those are best just to buy but there are others worth culturing.

 

blazingazn

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• Feb 3, 2008

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actually, bloodworms are the larvae of the midge fly, which are superficially similar to mosquitoes except that the females do not suck blood.

midge fly larvae - http://www.koiclay.com/images/midgefly.gif
mosquito larvae - http://www.westchestergov.com/health/images/mosquitolifecycle.gif
- http://www.arms2000.org/images/Mosquito_Larvae3.jpg

 

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hello my name is biju, I would like to know if somebody knows culturing blood worms. ty