Black soldier fly ?

[dchickenman]

Hope this is the right section for this post-

Could someone please post a pic of a BSF adult? I think I saw one at my compost bin, but not sure what they look like.

Thanks!

 

[Imp]

Quote:
Here's lots of pictures:

http://www.google.com/images?rlz=1T...esult_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQsAQwAA

Imp

 

[dchickenman]

Many thanks Imp

 

[judas]

adults dont feed just mate and lay eggs over food when the eggs hatch and find food they are white.then they feed and secrete a pheromone that attreact more moms to the food supply where they lay more eggs .. and they gorge themselvs . when they are mature and they seem to think its time to pupate they metmorphate their mouth change, they secrete a antibiotic of sorts and they turn black and try to get away from the food to find a place to pupate ie self harvest if you use a pio-pod or include a ramp on your colony. i was thinking that the self harvest pipe could leed to the chicken run maybe a pretty flat ramp so some escape. or collect and freeze some

5-8 day as a adult and minimum of 2 weeks to several months as white larvea

 

[dchickenman]

Great, thanks for the info judas