Mealworm Experiment 1

Began experiment with 1,533 mealworms.
Mean average weight of 36 g mealworms were placed in each bin.

Control- Oats and carrot slices
MW 1- Clean Styrofoam w/ honey
MW2- Clean Styrofoam
MW 3- Styrofoam w/ Sandwich Residue
(steak, mayo, ketchup, cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, bread)
MW4- ½ plastic bag w/ honey water

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Checked on the mealworms 3 days later and container seems a little humid, will make adaptations to the container for the next round of experiments. 

Noticeably consumed plastic in all results. Least consumed seems to be the food residue test perhaps they're consuming the food off the plastic not the plastic itself. Big holes are chewed through the plastic bag and making tunnels. 

Most frass was in the MW3- Sandwich Residue bin. I speculate that it is because the frass sticks to the residue better than the clean styrofoam so it's not falling to the bottom as well with movement, rather being spread out through walking of mealworms. Another thought could be the residue is a preferred food source than the styrofoam, since it appears the most intact out of all 3 bins with PE foam.