Animals that are commonly fed live edible include bearded dragons and other lizards, heterogeneous types of snake, turtles, and carnivorous fish, though other animals, such as skunks (which are sometimes kept as pets), being omnivorous, can also eat some live food, though it is unknown how average this is in practice.
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Mealworms are the larva form of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species Mealworms of darkling beetle |
| Like all holometabolic insects, they go through four life-stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult |