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Trial and Error - Starting My First BSF Colony

I put out my first bucket of food scraps to attract black soldier flies in the spring of 2007. I soon observed the adult flies laying eggs in my bucket so I assumed that in a few days I would see larvae.
The literature I’ve read states that BSF eggs will hatch in roughly 100 hours. [...]

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My First Attempt to Attract Black Soldier Flies - May 2007

As soon as I realized that black soldier flies were present around my home I put some food scraps into a bucket with a lid and cut a few small holes into the sides.

BSF will crawl through a small opening to access a food source for their eggs. They don’t eat in their winged stage [...]

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Boy Meets Girl (fly) - my first encounter with a Black Soldier Fly

In May of 2007 I was sitting at the computer in my home office researching black soldier flies. I had not yet seen one at that point in time, at least not that I was aware of. It was a warm south Georgia spring day and I had left the door open. A few [...]

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