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	<title>Black Soldier Fly Blog &#187; My first year raising BSF</title>
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		<title>Black solidier fly larvae-variation in growth rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Raising black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently collected a newly laid clutch of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens)eggs for a photographic study of their development and I isolated three of them for the photos. I placed the three individuals and the remaining few hundred BSF from that clutch into identical containers. I didn&#8217;t keep detailed records, but there is an <a href='http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/09/24/black-soldier-fly-larvae-variation-growth-rate/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trial and Error &#8211; Starting My First BSF Colony</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 00:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;ve read states that BSF eggs will hatch in roughly 100 <a href='http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/05/24/my-first-black-soldier-fly-colony/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>My First Attempt to Attract Black Soldier Flies &#8211; May 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 22:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t eat in their winged <a href='http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/05/24/first-attempt-to-attract-bsf/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boy Meets Girl (fly) &#8211; my first encounter with a Black Soldier Fly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 22:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 bugs <a href='http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/05/24/my-first-encounter-black-soldier-fly/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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