Dried Mealworms for Wild Birds 10 litres

Dried Mealworms are a nutritious treat for all wild birds, they are additive free and have the same nutritional value as live mealworms, without the inconvenience and mess of storing live food, that are now available from us in an economical 10 litre tub, including Free Mainland UK Delivery!

Dried mealworms can also be fed to tropical fish, semi aquatic amphibians, reptiles, chickens and hedgehogs. Live mealworms are frozen and then freeze dried to maintain their nutritional value, supplied in resealable, recyclable plastic tubs. Please note we only sell approved premium dried mealworms, unlike some online sellers!

Dried Mealworms are rich in protein and fat that can be fed all year round either as a treat or mixed with other wild bird foods, they can be feed dry or soaked in warm water for a few minutes to re-hydrate them.

We recommend mixing the dried mealworms with suet pellets or your favourite wild bird food to make them last longer and soaking them in warm water in the breeding season for youngsters.

Mealworms are a vegetarian larvae and are clean and odourless and are relished by many species of wild bird, so much so that wild birds seldom leave any mealwoms, so there is hardly any wastage.

The larvae feed on germs found on damp, stored grain and cereals and they make an excellent high protein food for insectiverous birds such as; Wrens, Robins, Blackbirds, Song Thrush, Dunnock and Tits.

The larvae are made up of 40% fat and 48% crude protein approximately, so mealworms offer wild birds an excellent source of energy and water, especially for the development of skeletal growth in young fledglings, before they leave the nest. Freeze Dried Mealworms are an excellent alternative for people who would prefer not to handle live mealworms that wriggle!

The enormous tub of premium dried mealworms is approximately 28.5cm or 11 inches in diameter and 22.5cm or 9 inches high, that offers exceptional value for money when compared to the price of smaller packets or tubs of mealworms from your local pet shop or garden centre. A 10 litre tub contains approximately 40,000 - 50,000 dried mealworms!

We also sell a economical 10 litre tubs of dried mealworms with fruit, honey, juniper & rowan berries, shrimps and gammarus that has been designed to attract a larger variety wild bird species to your garden, than just feeding mealworms by themselves.