dear Jim G. Shoemaker,
 
here are my waxmoth adventures:
 
 
 > For the past twenty years I have been trying to avoid
 > wax worms/moths.
 
same here..!
 
 
 > Now I want to raise them under some type of controlled
 > system.  My reason
 > for this proposed activity is for fish bait.
 
Last year I got a phonecall from a guy who wanted to buy old frames, which he needed to raise wax moths to feed to his reptiles( they sell waxmoths in the reptile shop for lotsa money, so he had decided to raise them himself)
Subsequently I just punched a few tiny holes for air in the lid of a huge glass pickles jar, and crumbled some old frames into the jar( the frames were already infested with waxmoth); After closing the jar I left it alone for a coupl'a weeks and presto: my own waxmoth farm, full of both larvae and adults; the only problem was how to take out a few without releasing the whole populatiuon to freedom ..
 
I let it die out after a month or two( by then most of the waxframe was converted into a greyish dust on the bottom of the jar); I presume its easy to optimise circumstances a bit to obtain accelarated growth of waxmoth.
 
 
best regards, Hugo
 
                                Hugo Veerkamp
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 > Anyone out there have any information/ideas/
 > suggestions as to how this is
 > best done.
 
 > Any information will be appreciated.
 
 > Jim Shoemaker
 > 5160 S. Western
 > Brookline, MO 65619
 > (417) 887 0225
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