Beagle
I'll bet they're high in protein!
They are.
These are actually "meal worms".
The same thing that you feed to pet lizards, etc.
As food
A Chinese dish of mealworms from a
Yunnan restaurant
Main article:
Entomophagy Mealworms are edible for humans. Baked or fried mealworms are marketed as a healthful snack food. They may be easily reared on fresh oats, wheat bran or grain, with sliced potato, carrots, or apple as a moisture source.
Mealworms have been incorporated into
tequila-flavored novelty candies. Mealworms are not traditionally served in tequila, and the "tequila worm" in certain
mezcals is usually the larva of the
moth Hypopta agavis.
Mealworms are typically used as a
pet food for captive
reptiles,
fish, and
birds. They are also provided to wild birds in
bird feeders, particularly during the nesting season. Mealworms are useful for their high protein content. They are also used as
fishing bait.
They are commercially available in bulk and are sold in containers of
bran or
oatmeal. Commercial growers incorporate a
juvenile hormone into the feeding process to keep the mealworm in the larval stage and achieve an abnormal length of 2 cm or greater.
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mealworm