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Zophobas morio are a type of beetle that comes for Central and South America. They are mostly used to feed reptiles. To do this experiment you will need a plastic contain and some kind of different substrate or food than they are normally given. About 60% of the superworms would rather go to an apple than potato. The experiment is inconclusive because all of the superworms did not go directly to the apple or potato all three times.
Introduction
A Zophobas morio is a species of darkling beetle and its larvae is as we know it, the superworm. Superworms are a lot of times used for feeding reptiles. (Castellanos) The Zophobas morio comes from tropical Central and South America. Superworms sometimes get confused with the mealworm, but the superworm is naturally large and has no growth hormones. (Castellanos) …show more content…

Superworms normally eat wheat bran, oats, and fresh vegetables according to clubfauna.com. That is one reason why we fed them something they are not used to eating. According to Repticzone: zophobas morio wheat bran, oat bran, or uncooked oatmeal. That is another reason why we did this experiment is to see if they would react differently in a different substrate.
My hypothesis is, the worms will go for the apples instead of potatoes. I predict that the superworms will go for the apples is because they have a stronger scent than the potatoes do and more

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