Experimental Mealworm Lab

Question and Problem Statement

I am trying to learn about things that I didn’t know about before. I am discovering a whole new type of life and explore all the things I didn’t think existed before this class. I thought that this was really important that we did different experiments so we could see the reaction on them and study the cause and effect of each one.

Literature Search

A mealworm at that stage can be around 35mm. long. A mealworm is nocturnal. They eat dry leaves, grass, dead insects and other animals. They will not eat sound wood. They carry a disease called gastrointestinal infestations, which is highly dangerous when consumed by humans.

They are yellow mealworm for only a short 6 to 18 days. Mealworms are more likely to be in the northern cooler states. They are believed to be of a European descent. They are one of the largest insects of stored products. There larva stage only lasts about 3 whole months. They hibernate in the winter when the leave there larva stage. They hibernate until spring or summer season.

Hypothesis

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