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Mealworm Food 500g

PREMIUM QUALITY BIRD FOOD

£4.50

In stock

SKU

MFB500

FREE Delivery

44 Reviews from

Buy mealworm food to provide a nutritious diet to mealworms, which will benefit birds that feed on live mealworms in your garden. Our food for mealworms is made of a nutrient-dense bran.

500g

Orders received by 3pm Monday to Friday will be dispatched via DHL on a no signature delivery service; simply advise us where to leave your bags. We don't deliver on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays.

Some orders less than 1kg in weight will come by Royal Mail.

Orders for Live Mealworms are sent directly from our supplier via Royal Mail. They are dispatched the same day if orders are received by 12pm Mon-Thurs; no orders are dispatched on a Friday. Please allow four working days for orders to arrive.

If you have not received your order within seven working days please contact us on 01775 630208.

We now deliver to all of mainland UK with no extra delivery charge. Please note that some postcode areas that are classed as Scottish Islands and Highlands may take 2-3 working days to arrive. For deliveries outside of these areas a £10 charge will be applied. Postcode areas affected include HS, IV41 – IV49, IV51, IV55 and IV56, KA27 and KA28, KW15 to KW17, PA20, PA41 to PA49, PA60 to PA78, PH42 to PH44, ZE, Isle of Man

We are unable to deliver to the Republic of Ireland or the Channel Islands.

Stephen Batten

100%

Good quality well packed Mealworm food arrived 2 days before the worms perfect timing. The worms thrived on it until I finished feeding them to my birds.
17/07/2024
Linda Gregory

80%

Would have been helpful if food and mealworms were delivered together. Also ties on mealworm bag was impossible to remove. Otherwise product good.
26/06/2023
Jane Hickling

100%

The mealworms eat it up. Seems fine.
21/06/2023
Lisa Norris

100%

Just moved house and the birds were very shy to begin with, but now they’re lined up in a morning waiting for their mealworms to arrive! Will have these on a regular order, excellent quality and quick delivery, thank-you
30/05/2023
Julian Hopkins

100%

Really good bran which the mealworms are still eating. Very good seller.
16/05/2023
Tracey Alstrom

100%

Great mealworm food, good value and helps to keep them healthy ready for my Blackbirds.Great delivery service too!..
05/04/2023
Janet Airey

100%

Excellent product, loved by my feathered friends, who can't get enough of them. Fast delivery too.
03/04/2023
Anonymous

100%

I always purchase my live mealworms from Vine. They are vigorous and healthy. With good nutritional support at home, they last for weeks. Ordering is easy. The delivery is quick too. Highly recommend.
17/03/2023
Sue Bayliss-jones

100%

Always competitive prices. Great delivery time's quality products
25/01/2023
Tracey Alstrom

100%

Excellent! Always arrives quickly and the mealworms seem to enjoy it and my birds enjoy the mealworms! So all good!!
27/09/2022
Anonymous

100%

The mealworms I'm buying regularly for my family of Blackbirds seem to enjoy the food..
13/06/2022
Rosemary Nichols

100%

The Meal worms were easy to care for thanks to the food. Thank you Vine House.
29/05/2022
Anonymous

100%

The mealworms are thriving with this food as are the fledglings who are enjoying the plump mealworms!
19/05/2022
Anonymous

100%

I haven't tried it myself but the worms seem to like it so it must be OK
17/05/2022
Janet Rogers

100%

Have ordered over 5 kg of live food, service is excellent with prompt delivery. And the poor mealworms which are food for my birds are in excellent health and well packaged. Certainly recommend Vine House Farm.
10/05/2022
Philip Canton

100%

These mealworms must be saving the day for fledglings while we have this dry spring. The birds love them.
10/05/2022
Anonymous

100%

Good extra nutrition. Blackbirds in particular love them.
23/11/2021
Mrs ann De winter

100%

The mealworms get through this very quickly. A good produce I have ordered several times.
15/09/2021
Carole Jackson

100%

Mealworms really enjoyed eating it as it disappeared quickly
05/08/2021
Barbara Wright

100%

Difficult to write a review of this without being a mealworm. I scatter it in the box, it changes,presumably passing through the worm,they survive to be fed to the birds.
02/06/2021
Mrs ann Whitty

100%

13/05/2021
Valerie Smith

100%

The birds are taking a while together used to something new.
02/05/2021
Anonymous

100%

The mealworms are fat and happy!
29/04/2021
Anonymous

80%

Mealworms still surviving nicely and think birds enjoying! will know soon...........
02/04/2021
Anonymous

80%

Mealworm seem to survive on it. Arrived very quickly.
01/04/2021
Deborah Lewis

100%

Keeps the mealworms healthier for longer- and one bag is enough for several deliveries of mealworms. A good buy.
31/03/2021
Gavin Westwood

100%

nice large bag of food
24/03/2021
Josephine Hirst

100%

Excellent service with free postage. Mealworm food quality.
31/08/2020
Catherine Webb

100%

The mealworms liked it! And the blackbirds and starlings liked the mealworms. Excellent service from Vine Housr Farm as usual.
31/08/2020
Anonymous

100%

Arrived swiftly and product is of good quality.
30/07/2020
Charles Hillman

80%

The mealworms eat it
30/07/2020
Roger Finch

100%

Deliveries within 24 hrs what could be better. Condition of worms, very good, well done folks!
11/07/2020
Stephen Hibbard

100%

I have enjoyed feeding the mealworms to the birds especially a robin feeding young as he became very tame and fed from my hand. The food was invaluable especially during the hot dry weather.
29/06/2020
Carole Hardwick

100%

Excellent quality, soon eaten up by the birds
29/06/2020
Katrina Mcmanus

100%

Exactly as described, and delivered exactly on time. Well packaged.
28/05/2020
Anonymous

100%

Great product. I transferred my mealworms from the containers they arrived in, into larger pots( recycled fage Greek yogurt containers) and added some mealworm food so that they had more to eat.
27/04/2020
Anonymous

100%

Excellent quality of mealworm food & helps to store them for longer.
27/04/2020
Amy Warner

100%

06/04/2020
Ewan Stenhouse

100%

Excellent product, high quality, wellpackaged and speedy delivery. Starlings love them!
30/03/2020
Patricia Anslow

100%

Nice juicy and wriggly worms (better than last time) much appreciated by the bird population
13/02/2020
Mr gabrielle Korstaran

100%

Good product meal worms in prime condition and can be kept for a while in a cool place. You can buy the food to feed them with as well from Vine House. Chop up some potatoes as well for moisture for them
07/07/2019
Anonymous

100%

Very useful product.
04/06/2019
Ms Yvonne m richards

100%

Very pleased, birds loved them!
24/05/2019
Mr joan Beard

100%

Good price, the birds love them thank you
13/05/2019

More Information Frequently Asked Questions

Our mealworm food is a specially-made bran that provides all the nutrients necessary to feed mealworms. It is also beneficial to those who are breeding live mealworms for birds.

Mealworms can be fed on a variety of things, including fruit, oats and cereal. However, using a specially-made mealworm food like fortified bran takes the stress out of feeding your live mealworms. You can simply fill your container of mealworms with the bran (about 2-3 inches is optimum) which will allow them to slowly feed on it.

There are several benefits of buying mealworm food. Providing the right nutrients to live mealworm diets means they stay healthier and live for longer. If you want to keep mealworms for a long period -- for example if you are buying them in bulk for your garden -- properly feeding them helps you do this.

Mealworms with the correct diet and kept in the right conditions can live for up for 2 weeks in storage. This saves you money and time in the long-run, giving you a live bird food supply that lasts for longer.

Another key benefit of using mealworm food is that it ensures your birds consume the proper nutrients too. Wild birds need protein and fat, which livefoods such as mealworm larva can provide them with. When mealworms are properly fed, garden birds that feed on them are more likely to absorb more nutrients from the larvae.

Ensuring birds have access to high protein food sources is essential during breeding and fledgling seasons especially, when birds feed mealworms to their young. Birds in the nest need more protein than at other times in their life because they are growing feathers. Because of this, properly feeding mealworms is highly important to supporting birds' needs. Birds that eat mealworms that have been properly fed will be more likely to survive.

When mealworms go dormant, they are kept in their larval stage. This allows you to keep them for longer periods without them developing into a darkling beetle (often called mealworm beetles). During this time, they are kept in cool conditions which stop their growth hormones from developing. When they go into a dormant state, mealworms do not need to be fed. Because of this, it's important they are given plenty of food before they are stored.

Mealworms ideally need food before they are placed in bird feeders. This ensures they are a nutrient-rich food source for birds that feed on them. Once taken out of storage, allow mealworms to reach room temperature, place in a shallow dish or tub and feed with around 2 inches of mealworm food.

Once ready, take your mealworms out and place them in the proper feeder so birds are able to access them.

Dried mealworms are dead, and have been dried out while in their larval state. This means you do not need to feed them when storing as you would with live worms.

However, it is advised that you soak dried mealworms before you put them in your garden. You can do this by placing them in water for at least 30 minutes. This makes them a more plentiful water-source for birds.

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