I’ve been feeding BSF larvae to my redear sunfish (shellcrackers) everyday for about a week and they are taking them with enthusiasm. They have a preference for the immature larvae over the dark prepupal larvae, but they still eat the dark ones pretty well. I think the prepupal larvae might be more foreign to them [...]
After working with and blogging about black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) for over a year I finally have one of the first BioPods. For the past year I’ve been getting by with my homemade unit and I’m looking forward to testing this product. With that previous experience I’m pretty familiar with the shortcomings of [...]
(Sorry Dr. Sheppard, Dr. Olivier and Dr. Tomberlin…) Alana is hands down the cutest of all black soldier fly researchers. Apparently her folks forgot to tell her that BSF larvae are yucky! Good parents. Anyone concerned about Alana handling BSF larvae may want to read this which references scientific studies showing that black soldier flies [...]
I think I spent over six hours shooting video to capture this five second long event. I’m not really sure what value it has other than general coolness. After exiting the pupa it ran to the outside of the bowl and spent about 10 minutes inflating it’s wings. Soon I hope to record that process [...]
(click the spaceship for BioPod info) The first shipment of BioPods has arrived at the ProtaCulture warehouse and will begin shipping out soon. I can’t wait to retire my homemade BSF unit! And now for my BioPod blurb: The BioPod is a convenient tool for using black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) to bio-compost organic [...]