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refreshing the colony

Starting my third year with the black soldier fly
I’m going into this season with a small colony made up of grubs that were laid last fall. Where I live the winters are mild so it was fairly easy to maintain the colony through the cool months. At the end of last summer my BioPod was [...]

Posted 03 May 2009 † Jerry § Raising black soldier fly larvae § The BioPod § Vermiculture and BSF composting ‡ Comments (9) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Feeding black soldier fly larvae to Redear Sunfish

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 [...]

Posted 23 July 2008 † Jerry § Utilizing black soldier fly larvae ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

The cutest black soldier fly researcher EVER!

(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 [...]

Posted 08 July 2008 † Jerry § Understanding black soldier flies ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged:

Up the food chain – feeding black soldier fly larvae to other animals

In my previous post I described how a person can develop something like affection for a colony of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens). If that’s the case then why do i enjoy feeding the grubs (larvae) to other animals? A big part of it is the same pleasure I mentioned that you get from [...]

Posted 08 June 2008 † Jerry § Utilizing black soldier fly larvae ‡ Comments (22) ° Also tagged:

The joy of feeding animals-nurturing black soldier fly larvae

As unlikely as it sounds, feeding a black soldier fly colony (Hermetia illucens) taps into the fun and satisfaction you usually experience feeding more “cuddly” types of animals. I believe most people will develop something like affection for the colony after a while. It’s true that some people feel initial discomfort with the larvae [...]

Posted 06 June 2008 † Jerry § Understanding black soldier flies ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: