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 Southern Florida Needs some Help 
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Post Southern Florida Needs some Help
So I bought a Biopod plus, I'm located in miami city/suburbia. It came with some grubs that ate about a piece of bread a day or two for many days. None of the mature grub made it up the ramp but 1 or 2, the rest just transformed in the unit. Adult BSF have begun to sprout over the past two weeks, but no eggs have been located on the walls or in cardboard pieces placed around. No BSF have been detected fly around the unit. The unit is in a shady spot, I propped something under the drainage side to decrease the ramp angle. Things have just come to a stand still and I need some eggs or I do not know what. I need some help!


Mon May 16, 2011 12:30 pm
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Post Re: Southern Florida Needs some Help
Welcome to the forum sunnysoldiers.

First, have no doubt, there are BSF around you in south FL. Whether you are trying to attract the adults from the kit you received or wild BSF you must maintain a good attractant while you're building up a colony. The adults from the kit emerge and fly away to mate and they will not come back to the unit automatically, you need to attract them with a promising food source for their offspring. I'm working on a detailed post which should help you with this. Hang in there and whatever you do, don't throw out anything that is in your BioPod now. If the waste in your unit drying out you should mist it with water very often if possible.

Do not assume that you haven't had egg laying in your unit. In some cases you will not be able to see any of the tiny BSF eggs due to their light color and the fact that they are often scattered randomly on the walls of the unit. You may find clutches of eggs but not always. Also consider that it takes the eggs about 4 days to hatch and then another week or two before the new larvae are big enough easily see. Therefore it is very possible that you've already had eggs laid and larvae that have hatched, but you just can't see them.

I hope to finish my post about attracting BSF today or tomorrow.

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