Live Mealworms

Nutritious live mealworms for birds. We offer FREE DELIVERY on all live bird food!

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tub (3 x 55g tubs)
bag (250 g)
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tub (6 x 55g tubs)
bag (1 kg)
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PLEASE NOTE: Our live mealworms are now supplied in larger tubs. Each tub contains 55g of mealworms compared to the previous 40g.

Live mealworms are an incredibly nutritious meal for all insect-eating garden birds. Did you know the body of a mealworm is more than 48% crude protein and 40% fat?

It's no wonder these live mealworms for birds are our best-selling live bird food!

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When ordering live mealworms, you can purchase 3 x 55g tubs (total weight 165g) or 6 x 55g tubs (total weight 330g). Alternatively, our live mealworms can also be supplied in breathable sacks of 250g, 500g or 1kg weights. These are sent out with newspaper or cardboard egg trays to stop the mealworms from overheating (within a box for protection).

All live mealworms are sent in bran, which is their main food source. You can also give them small amounts of carrot (diced or chopped) and they also like green leafy vegetables.

Bats like to eat mealworms just as much as birds do, so we also supply a 1kg live mealworm bat packs. These 1kg bags of live mealworms contain unprinted newspaper or egg trays - since ink is toxic to bats.

DELIVERY NOTICE: All live foods are sent by Royal Mail Tracked, which aims for a next day delivery. Orders received before 11am on Monday - Thursday will be dispatched on the same day. Orders received Friday - Sunday will be dispatched on the following Monday, and will arrive separately from the rest of your order. Live mealworms are NOT available for collection at the farm.

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31/05/2023

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21/05/2023

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Always pleasant and efficient

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18/05/2023

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Really pleasant and happy staff.

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Live Mealworm FAQs:

What birds eat live mealworms?
Live mealworms are ideal for encouraging natural feeding behaviour in all kinds of wild birds, but they are especially enticing for ground-feeding birds like robins, blackbirds, chaffinches, wagtails, thrushes and wrens.

Where do your live mealworms come from?
Our live mealworms are grown in the UK for us and are British bred! There are many companies importing mealworms from Europe; ours will be fresher as they won't have travelled far.

What sort of feeder should I offer live mealworms in?
Live mealworms should be placed in a smooth, steep-sided container. Otherwise, they will wriggle up and out - they'll be gone in a flash! We offer a range of mealworm feeders that are perfect for our live mealworms. Click the link to shop.
We recommend using a feeder that features a roof or overhang to protect the worms from the rain and the sun. Drainage holes are a must if your feeder has no roof.
Windows feeders are great for mealworms, and it's fab to get a really close-up view of your robin and other smalls birds visiting. Caged feeders are also useful since they limit access to the bigger birds which can devour a whole pot in an instant!
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For more tips on feeding live worms to your garden birds, see Bird Feeding Tips: Live Mealworms and Wax Worms.

What are mealworms?
Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) are the larvae of the flour beetle, a native British insect that eats flour, meal, grain and other related crops. Unlike some other worms, fresh mealworms don't smell bad - this is because of their vegetarian diet!

How to store live mealworms
Mealworms can easily be stored in a garage or utility room because they are clean and odourless. They keep well at room temperature, but during the summer months, we suggest you keep them in a cool place that's out of direct sunlight.
Should you wish to store them for longer, you can transfer them to the warmest part of your fridge, away from the icebox!