Waxworms

[Frogup]

Just wondering if anyone can get access to any waxworms around the sydney/hunter valley areas. Happy to pay for a starter colony.

 

[Imported_tuatara]

pretty sure they're illegal...but it's sydney, like with all exotics they're probably there.

 

[Frogup]

Kind of yeah. It is illegal to sell them now but they live in the wild, they are a pest for people who keep bees so they are out there.

 

[hazzard]

There is no legislation that says you can't breed and sell waxworms at all. Where did you see this?

They are pest of stored combs to beekeepers, but not considered a problem these days as most store frames in cool rooms

They are also widely use in research.

 

[Imported_tuatara]

oops, mistook it for the large greenish dull ones overseas, forgot their names, sorry.

 

[Iguana]

oops, mistook it for the large greenish dull ones overseas, forgot their names, sorry.

Hornworms?

 

[Imported_tuatara]

yeah, i think.