Fill it with about 2 inches of wheat bran (you can buy it in bulk at most health food stores for something like $0.40 USD a lb!). First off, put them into a kritter keeper type cage, so they get a bit of airflow.
I've had a colony of mealworms going for well over a year, so here's what works for me. I have found that the only real problem with this process is time. as their option is either to pupate or die. Your mealworms will not stay as worms forever. At times I have also used a chunk of the cricket water-gel for the purpose and it has worked just find. I drop a slice of potato or apple ontop of the substrate as a means of a drinking source for the worms. I also keep the rolled oats at the same size they are from the container. In their individual cups, I have same substrate as the beetles with a bit more rolled oats. For the worms themselves, I do seperate a couple that I will use for breeding stock.
Within a few weeks there are tiny mealworms everywhere, as I can see you have made it this far.
I put the beetles on a substrate of maybe 50% rotted wood (apple tree wood from around my house) and 50% rolled oats. Alot of people have covered alot of stuff about this issue, so I'm just going to tell you what has worked best for me.
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