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Breeding wax moth larvae


alanmin4304

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4 oz. glycerin

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup hot water

1 box (8 oz.) baby cereal (oat)

Dissolve the glycerin and sugar in hot water. Cool the solution. Pour the whole box of cereal into a large bowl. Pour the solution in a very thin stream into the cereal while stirring enthusiastically—it should take about 2 minutes to dribble all of the liquid if you are pouring slowly enough. The medium will be somewhere between sticky, lumpy, and crumbly, and it will smell very pleasant. Store it in a plastic bag.

I also add 2 tablespoons or so of brewers ( NOT active yeast) yeast, it seems to stop mould from attacking the culture. Also keep between 25-30C.

also u can use honey rather than the sugar..better but more expensive.

http://lawrencehallofscience.org/foss/f ... moths.html

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