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Mythbusting black soldier flies

There are more than 100,000 species of flies, but in most people’s minds a fly is a fly, period. The species most people automatically think of are the house flies, blow flies, and bottle flies. Our disdain for these pests is understandable because they are known transmitters of human diseases, but non-pest black soldier flies [...]

Posted 15 September 2008 † Jerry § Understanding black soldier flies § Utilizing black soldier fly larvae ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wikipedia misrepresents black soldier flies

Update 8/25: Since I’m aware that anyone can modify a Wikipedia entry I went there to investigate the process. I assumed there would be a detailed system of presenting information and waiting for a consensus before changes would be allowed. Nothing of the sort. Registration was simpler than with most internet forums and it was [...]

Posted 19 August 2008 † Jerry § Understanding black soldier flies ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , ,