November 5, 2024

VIDEO: Black Soldier Fly Production Part 2 Lifecycle


Transform food waste into a valuable food supply for chickens, hogs, songbirds and fish with Black Soldier Fly Production. Karl Warkomski, Director of Conservation with ProtaCulture, LLC introduces us to this astounding insect that can break down food waste faster than microbes. Black Soldier Fly maggots make a high fat, high protein source of nourishment while making what is normally waste into a valuable farm/garden asset. Part 2 focuses on the life cycle of black soldier fly.

30 thoughts on “VIDEO: Black Soldier Fly Production Part 2 Lifecycle

  1. I started a worm bin on 7/19/19 . The bedding was coconut coir and cardboard. I decided to put a banana peel in the bin to feed the worms .Abut 2 days later I had hundreds of larve . Now I have read that they dont hurt worms and are good for bin .But I dont like them .How do I get rid of them ?

  2. Well this was super informative. I have a question, so, I have bsf larvae as reptile food, aka nutri grubs. I kept them in a 6qt container with the "substrate" they came with, some aspen shavings, and I've been feeding them table scraps (now I know probably not to their liking as I used healthy veggies since they are intended to pass what they eat onto my reptile so I have to watch that a little), anyhow, today I checked all my feeders through again and when I was going through my bsf larvae I saw almost microscopic movement. Very very SUPER tiny bug like looking things. I can't identify them. I've tried googling possible parasites that might come with feeder worms because that was my initial thought (and fear!). I used my cell phone to zoom in with the camera and magnify them to actually see their shape and color. They look white, almost clear and seem to be rather round just scurrying around.
    Do you have any idea what this could be? I am extremely doubtful that there is a chance I introduced a parasite or otherwise undesirable inhabitant to that container. The only unwanted guests I have are fungus gnats because of my isopod/springtail culture, but the bsf container was not opened frequently and I have never seen a single gnat close to it, they are much too busy infesting my isopod/springtail culture and landing in my coffee.

    I would very much appreciate some input on this because seeing the life cycle of a bsf picture has me wondering if they are tiny larvae "hatchlings" I guess for lack of a better description. It could be possible that where I got them from they had some actual adults that were able to lay eggs in the substrate, which they didn't see and then got shipped along in the bedding with the grubs. But until I'm 100% sure and have identified these little things, I won't be feeding any more of these to my gecko.

    Any help very much appreciated! Sorry for the long winded comment, just wanted to give as much information as possible to maybe get to the bottom of this

  3. Please put up closed caption text for your hearing disabled viewers, and always edit your text as the software isn't always accurate in translating regional accents. Thank you.

  4. 1:22 "When you see the candidate that lost…" Are you saying the moment the person is elected you can drive around and take all the signs of the person who lost from any non-residential, non-business roadside, such as 4-way intersections and you can't get in any trouble at all? I don't want to steal, if it's stealing.

  5. An eaten watermelon half turned upside down in your garden will very soon be inhabited with BSF larvae underneath it. The watermelon biodegrades in your garden and feeds your worms after the BSF are finished with it.

  6. CornMeal and Corn Flour seems good. I'm trying White Corn Flour mixed with used coffee grounds. I recently added old stale Wheat bran cereal + Corn flakes + Cheerios (oat) to the mix and a little calcium carbonate powder. I'm doing this on a micro-scale. I heard that animal products are not as good, so I abandoned the cat food idea.

  7. So i've recently heard that ground up green pea flour (sold as dry split peas by the pound at grocery stores) kills brown legged grain mites and mold mites at around 1%-10% mixed in with what the mites want to eat, but are harmless to larvae and crickets.

  8. Dude I got my compost bin full of them in Georgia. Never knew about them until I said, "What the hell is that in my bin!?!" They've been doing great for months, and the older ones have been leaving through a loose part I left in the wood for them and getting ready to become adults!

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