Concur. Plus, funny! New sub.

That was the best part! 😂

Correct. BSF larvae will flee from muddy food. I suggest adding hardwood sawdust (from grill pellets) and some lump hardwood charcoal (broken into stone sized pieces) to help absorb liquids and odors. I also personally add some calcium carbonate powder, since i have an excessive amount to use.

@@FusionDeveloper Awesome man.. yeah I saw you post a question about artficial lighting, where she uses 120 watt daylight floodlights.. If a regular plain jane led bulb like hers works, which I believe it does, then I have no clue why all the 'bsf lights' that are sold online for 180+ dollars claim you need uva and possibly a little uvb.. With it being October near saint louis here, it's getting kind of late to start any experiment but anyways yeah when I took the flies from the shade to the sunlight today (I have them in a small tent), they went from statues to active fliers, moving everywhere.. Kind of strange how most of their life they do everything to avoid light, but then when they become flies, light instantly activates them.. Have you had any success finding an led? I looked into a 26 watt one from lucky herp brand, which comes in 5.0, 10.0, or 15.0% uvb in addition to uva depending on the model you want, though now that the one video of the lady in the green as well as the guy from nigeria are simoly using straight up, ordinary flood lights, I don't know if leds with uva or uvb, or any combination of the two is really necessary. As an aside, of the 3% of uv sunlight that gets through the ozone, 95% is uva and only 5% is uvb... Anyways, I might hang a light inside of a trash can with a cracked lid, maybe add a wet towel at the bottom for some humidity (not that it's dry in october) and a small container at the bottom with an apple and a little cardboard.. I'll send you some links of the stuff I'm referencing tomorrow if you haven't already found what I'm talking about.. Yeah, all in all the lighting seems to be the most finicky or what not, though I haven't tried yet, just relying on the babies I find in the food scraps outdoors..

Thank you!! 😄 You as well!

​@@valtariiHalo beautiful I'm from Pakistan I want to start BSF farming in pakistan...I want them for farming please send it to me its a request

do you use anything for your attractant? Ideally something that isn't rotting as a normal compost would have?

I started breeding the black soldier fly and I have little information, can you help me?

@@mrniusi11 Unfortunately the fouler the smell the better. But to a degree anything that is rotting will attract the flies, things that have a worse smell will grab more of the attention of the flies, your compost is probably enough, but it wouldn't be if you lived close to a fishery for example. Do you add manure to your compost? The larva are more than happy to eat that, but they are not good at processing cellulose.

@@user-tx5vs9ks7c Sure, what question do you have?

The insect waste and leftovers is good food for your worms. Just try to keep your BSF out of your worm bins.

It is what is leftover from previous food placed into the bin, though from what other comments are saying, that much moisture is not good and dryer material should be added to balance it out

Chicken in Turkey. Hmmmm. New recipe?

Ikr

I added a link to my description with the larvae I purchased. It's a pretty good price for the amount of larvae you get. I've ordered from them at least 3 times and I've always been pleased with the quality of the larvae.

@@valtarii thank you very much…

Literally anything. Any kind of Kitchen scraps probably work best. Even meat and dairy. Paper, cardboard, and garden scraps also work. I had one in college that started on it own . I just used a peice of wood as a way for the flies to get out and it worked very well. I also had quails so I just fed them the fly larvae and it worked very well. I miss that bin

In the cutted boxes she hanged

@@lix768 then why the net further up? I am confused. Not knocking her system

Her setup is 2 compartments The upper is for the fly They come up after hatching out The lower is for the larvae and compost When the fly is ready to lay, they'll go to the down compartment were the boxes are and lay. She didn't bring the boxes to the upper part so that when they hatch they fall onto the compost

they lay the eggs in whatever compost you are using old food etc.....

@@Chronic_Pothead thx

Where are you seeing a loose staple?

@@valtarii in its cage during feeding I use data saver to view so it may not have been what I thought if is has come out my dragons try eat strings off drugs in cages from shredding it and that get wrapped around organs to I love dragons URS looks like a big male.

@@MR-puffnstuff Yes indeed, he’s a male and he’ll be 8 this year! I’ve watched it back and I see no staple… maybe a piece of a plant or a cricket leg? Staples have never been used in or around the tank so I’m guessing it was just something staple shaped? But I appreciate those looking out for the dragons

for fun

Black soldier fly larvae are one of the best feeders for reptiles as well. It can get expensive if you have multiple reptiles and continue to order these over and over again. Having your own breeding grounds really makes it better for you and a much better outlook for your reptiles!

Acting like you finna cut a finger off with a hand saw 💀

Someone who wants to keep the cat close if there are hawks in the area!

Who lets their cat get that fat?