Wax Worms

Wax Worms

Postby bill herian » Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:27 pm

Anyone ever hatched out wax worms?

I just started going through my ice fishing stuff and there was a little puck of wax worms in the bottom from 3 weeks ago. I pick it up and look at it and its full of flies. Any one ever had this happen? Couldn't have hatched out too long long ago, most are still alive.

I've left a lot of wax worms out for long periods of time and never seen this.
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby NuffDaddy » Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:53 pm

Must have had just the right conditions for them to hatch...kinda cool.


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Re: Wax Worms

Postby bill herian » Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:58 pm

Edit. I think wax worms turn into bees.

Must have been spikes.
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby Mornin Beef » Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:11 pm

I have a faint remembrance of this happening. Nuff daddy got it, you gave them the proper temp for long enough along with some other things by chance. Congrats bro! Seriously!
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby assateague » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:12 pm

I think it's those things Khan put in Chekhov's ear.
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby jehler » Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:33 am

assateague wrote:I think it's those things Khan put in Chekhov's ear.

I could have done without remembering that
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby bill herian » Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:57 am

I found out there are supposed to radiate all bait like that before selling it to prevent the spread of invasives. These must have been some mutant grubs or something.
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby Mornin Beef » Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:02 pm

bill herian wrote:I found out there are supposed to radiate all bait like that before selling it to prevent the spread of invasives. These must have been some mutant grubs or something.

what does radiation do? fry repro organs or keep the life cycle from reaching adulthood?
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby assateague » Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:10 pm

Turns them into superheroes, apparently.
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby bill herian » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:41 pm

Mornin Beef wrote:
bill herian wrote:I found out there are supposed to radiate all bait like that before selling it to prevent the spread of invasives. These must have been some mutant grubs or something.

what does radiation do? fry repro organs or keep the life cycle from reaching adulthood?


My understanding is it allegedly keeps them from pupating or whatever the hell word it is. Since those worms might come from different parts of the country they don't want non native geneotypes on the loose, messing shit up for the established bugs.

I think I bought black market grubs. :o
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby Bulldog0156 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:12 pm

Were they flies or moths? Wax worms will turn into some sort of moth, and spikes are your garbage variety maggot that will turn into a garbage eating fly.
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby bill herian » Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:52 am

Bulldog0156 wrote:Were they flies or moths? Wax worms will turn into some sort of moth, and spikes are your garbage variety maggot that will turn into a garbage eating fly.


Beginning average fly. These must have been spikes, I don't remember.

Pa said he had something years ago that turned into bees. Bee larve, if I had to guess.

You some sort of grub expert?
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby Bulldog0156 » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:53 am

bill herian wrote:
Bulldog0156 wrote:Were they flies or moths? Wax worms will turn into some sort of moth, and spikes are your garbage variety maggot that will turn into a garbage eating fly.


Beginning average fly. These must have been spikes, I don't remember.

Pa said he had something years ago that turned into bees. Bee larve, if I had to guess.

You some sort of grub expert?

More of a fishing expert. Grubs fall under that category from time to time.

The spike thing is easy to figure out if you've ever looked in a hot wet garbage filled with dead shit in the summer.
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby bill herian » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:32 am

Bulldog0156 wrote:The spike thing is easy to figure out if you've ever looked in a hot wet garbage filled with dead shit in the summer.


Der.

This happened in a cool, dry, plastic container in Febuary. The only dead shit in there was saw dust.
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby Mornin Beef » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:29 pm

bill herian wrote:
Bulldog0156 wrote:The spike thing is easy to figure out if you've ever looked in a hot wet garbage filled with dead shit in the summer.


Der.

This happened in a cool, dry, plastic container in Febuary. The only dead shit in there was saw dust.


Blow flies like hot garbage, cold garbage and mild garbage. Sometimes I look around and dont even realize Im in a garbage bag until the oxygen gets low and I start punching hard enough to let light in.
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Re: Wax Worms

Postby Eric Haynes » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:01 pm

Mornin Beef wrote:
bill herian wrote:
Bulldog0156 wrote:The spike thing is easy to figure out if you've ever looked in a hot wet garbage filled with dead shit in the summer.


Der.

This happened in a cool, dry, plastic container in Febuary. The only dead shit in there was saw dust.


Blow flies like hot garbage, cold garbage and mild garbage. Sometimes I look around and dont even realize Im in a garbage bag until the oxygen gets low and I start punching hard enough to let light in.

You should look into a thicker mil, or try out ForceFlex
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