Put dried mealworms out and the birds that turn up first are rarely the shy ones — robins and blackbirds tend to get there before a garden's more nervous visitors do.

These are dried mealworms, the larval form of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, marketed as 100% natural. They can be scattered on their own or mixed into whatever seed or suet pellets you're already putting out, and they're sold as a treat rather than a complete diet — a supplement to a proper feeder mix, not a replacement for one.

• Dried mealworms — the larval form of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor
• Marketed as 100% natural
• Can be fed alone or mixed into seed or suet pellets
• Sold as a treat, not a complete diet
• 12.55KG bag
• Attracts robins, sparrows, blackbirds, blue tits, great tits and starlings among others

One thing worth knowing. No protein, fat or other analytical figures are supplied for this pack, so there's no declared nutritional breakdown to check it against a feeder mix on paper — its role is as a treat mixed into a proper diet, not as the diet itself.

Who it's for: garden bird feeders wanting a bulk, natural mealworm supply to mix into what they already put out, especially for attracting robins and blackbirds.