In a message dated 98-03-20 16:30:38 EST, you write: << With mealworms being beetle larvae, and ladybugs being beetles, would it >be possible to use ladybugs to start a cutlure and use their larvae for > fish food? >> IMHO, ladybugs would seem hard to culture. THey are carnivorous and eat things like aphids. I don't know how you would feed them.