Silkworm frass

kilojay619

kilojay619

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I have seen insect frass for sale at very high prices ($11/lb) but it does not say what type on insect the frass comes from. I currently go threw a lot of silkworms for my reptiles in the summer months because the mulberry trees are in bloom and thats all the silkworms eat. Feeding lots of silkworms equals lots of frass (poop) and I was wondering if anyone else had tried using frass particularly silkworm frass. The silkworms eat fresh mulberry leaves 3x a day if you look closely in the photos your can see the dried up bits of uneaten stems and leaves. Since the leaf material is from a healthy mulberry I dont this it should be a problem but if anyone thinks else wise please tell me. So as mentioned I more frass than I can use and if anyone else is interested and sharing their results Ill be more than happy to donate to the cause a pound or two just pay the shipping (probably $5-6 in the US) just shoot me a pm and thanks in advance for any replys
 

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DonBrennon

DonBrennon

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kilojay619 said:
I have seen insect frass for sale at very high prices ($11/lb) but it does not say what type on insect the frass comes from. I currently go threw a lot of silkworms for my reptiles in the summer months because the mulberry trees are in bloom and thats all the silkworms eat. Feeding lots of silkworms equals lots of frass (poop) and I was wondering if anyone else had tried using frass particularly silkworm frass. The silkworms eat fresh mulberry leaves 3x a day if you look closely in the photos your can see the dried up bits of uneaten stems and leaves. Since the leaf material is from a healthy mulberry I dont this it should be a problem but if anyone thinks else wise please tell me. So as mentioned I more frass than I can use and if anyone else is interested and sharing their results Ill be more than happy to donate to the cause a pound or two just pay the shipping (probably $5-6 in the US) just shoot me a pm and thanks in advance for any replys
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The insect frass on sale is usually from meal worms. These moult upto 11 times before pupating and the shed skin, which is full of nitrogen, chitin and calcium, gets chewed up into tiny fragments and mixed in with the frass. I'd imagine it's similar for silkworms?
I've got a test soil mix running at the mo, with silkworm chrysalys meal in, the worms may be different, but the chrysalys didn't have the chitin content mealworms did after researching.
 
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