Maggot Colouring

itsfishingnotcatching · Jul 2, 2016

Been enlivening some maggots from the fridge and noticed some interesting stats, the red maggots seem to recover quickest followed by the whites and the yellows. So, what colourings are used to produce blue, green and orange maggots and why are they the most likely to either die or take longer to recover?

peter crabtree · Jul 2, 2016

The red, white and yellow maggots are renowned for their homophobic tendencies.
Try getting up in the middle of the night and check your baitbox, it kicks off big time around 1am...

flightliner · Jul 2, 2016

Reds seem make a somewhat smaller caster too, and why, when they pupate in a container with maise meal is the "bum" end encrusted with the stuff but the "nose" is always clear.
Sorry ifnc, not trying to hijack your thread ,just a bit more maggot mystery to dwell on.

mikench · Jul 3, 2016

I reckon you would be pretty unsettled if coated in chilli powder

Chefster · Jul 3, 2016

flightliner said:
Reds seem make a somewhat smaller caster too, and why, when they pupate in a container with maise meal is the "bum" end encrusted with the stuff but the "nose" is always clear.
Sorry ifnc, not trying to hijack your thread ,just a bit more maggot mystery to dwell on.

Not hijacking either,but you should never turn casters in Maize meal,always sawdust

flightliner · Jul 3, 2016

Why is that Chefster?.

Chefster · Jul 3, 2016

flightliner said:
Why is that Chefster?.

Cos as youve found it sticks to them

If you want to turn your own casters,make sure they are completely free of maize

flightliner · Jul 3, 2016

Lol, walked into that!. I take the point chefster but I'll stick ( theres that word again) to maise meal , I worked with wood (and woodenheads) most of my life and sawdust is full of nasties.

Chefster · Jul 3, 2016

I always store my maggots in maize,as well,but clean the ones i am turning for the week

bracket · Jul 3, 2016

flightliner said:
Reds seem make a somewhat smaller caster too, and why, when they pupate in a container with maise meal is the "bum" end encrusted with the stuff but the "nose" is always clear.
Sorry ifnc, not trying to hijack your thread ,just a bit more maggot mystery to dwell on.

Turned a gallon or two of casters in my time. Always used white maggots never a dyed maggot, they always shrink when they cast and produce piddling small bait. I used damp organic sawdust to store the maggots whilst they turned. Pete.

flightliner · Jul 3, 2016

Strange also that red maggots to caster seldom seem to have the much desired "crunchy" shell, more a rubbery texture, they also go blacker much earlier than the whites.

robertroach · Jul 4, 2016

Try colouring them black. I don't colour them myself but I reckon black maggots might work pretty well.

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