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I am hoping we are not too late to collect eggs but I don't see any yet. I sent ReptiWorms an online message and a phone message on Friday to find about how to get some in bulk but they have not responded. It is a good thing I did not just place an order assuming it would get processed. I...

One thing we did with our egg collection stations to keep other flies out was to put a rolled up plug of cardboard into the tops of recycleable plastic drink bottles and hang them with the string from feed bags. There is no access to the coffee grounds we used as attractant so there is no way...

I am tempted to buy larvae but we are trying to trap eggs before it gets too cold to see if we can get started for free. I wish I had read about them earlier in the year to trap eggs in warmer weather since I am not sure if there are many flies in the wild right now. It is still pretty warm...

Wow, I had thought more people would be using black soldier flies to manage waste materials and feed their flock but the lack of replies has me thinking it is not as common as I suspected. My daughter is going to do a Girl Scout service project using the BSFL so I had hoped there would be...

I have been doing lots of research on keeping the larvae so I am going to set up rubbermaid tubs for them. The glass cabinet is what I want to use for the adults for breeding and laying eggs. I want to hatch out the pupae in the drawer (what does not get fed once the colony is established) and...

I raised mealworms for lizards but I did not feed them to chickens because I did not think the chickens would eat them before they burrowed and escaped to produce beetles. I have been looking into starting up again but then I saw a comment about BSFL self-sorting for feeding and the flies...