Black Soldier Fly Project

When I first began looking into black soldier flies (BSF) and their larvae I started a thread at the Pond Boss  forum. I didn’t have this website at that time so I used that thread like a blog. I still post updates and answer questions on that thread and it’s gotten quite long by now. You can find it here: Black Soldier Fly Project

I discovered BSF while looking into sources of additional forage for pond fish. While fly larvae seemed like a good cheap source of protein I wasn’t too excited about attracting disease carrying pests to my pond. That’s when I learned that all fly species are not pests like house flies and blow flies are. Black soldier flies do not transmit disease like their more common relatives and their list of attributes is impressive. They’re very pleasant to work with and they quickly became one of my favorite hobbies.