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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: , , , , ,

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. [...]

Posted 24 May 2008 † Jerry § My first year raising BSF ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

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 [...]

Posted 24 May 2008 † Jerry § My first year raising BSF ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: