These Skipio's™ live Musca domestica larvae (maggots, gentles, wrigglers) have been specifically grown for shipment as live food.
Open the package immediately upon arrival.
If any claims are to be placed they must be made on the date of delivery.
Usually the live larvae will arrive in good condition by overnight shipment. In the event that the larvae are quite warm or hot, the first action you should take is to cool them down. This may be accomplished by placing the unopened bag on a rack in the refrigerator. In the event that the bag is hot, wet and stinky, but otherwise OK, rinse the unopened bag under cool flowing water until the water is mostly clear. The bag should then be centrifuged in the spin cycle of the clothes washer for about two minutes.
Each batch of larvae should be processed into new corn meal. The corn meal should be ready for use by having it at room temperature when the larvae arrive. Tear the bag open and dump the contents out onto the surface of the corn meal. Leave the container out in direct light until the larvae, who do not like being in the light, have crawled under the surface of the meal. Then scrape the packing material and other refuse off of the meal with a stiff card.
Refrigerate the container for several hours. The larvae will clump together to preserve their body heat as they cool. Stir them all around to break up their clusters. This will insure that they will all get the air necessary to keep them alive and well.
Take out only the number of larvae that you will be using for the feeding. If the whole mass is allowed to warm up repeatedly the optimum shelf life of the larvae, about three weeks under ideal circumstances, will be significantly reduced.
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