Black Soldier Fly - mature larvae harvest

This is a harvest of mature black soldier fly larvae collected from 2 homemade units over a 5-6 day period. These DIY units are about the same size as a BioPod, but are much less efficient. I published information for making a smaller DIY that follows the same principle on my blog: http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/bsf-bucket-bio-composter-version-2-0/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• grubs
• bsf

[zain8noah]

are black soldier flies the assholes who bite people all the time?

[BlackSoldierFly]

@zain8noah No. BSF don't even have working mouth parts. The winged adults only live a few days for the purpose of reproduction. They are as harmless as a butterfly and rarely even land on a person.

[PeanutButterGtr]

Why do you discard the white ones?

[BlackSoldierFly]

@PeanutButterGtr I wasn't discarding juvenile BSF larvae; I was nervously picking out the shed "skins" that the larvae throw off as they "molt" between stages and also a few housefly larvae that had gotten into the system.

[PeanutButterGtr]

@BlackSoldierFly Why would you be nervous? They're harmless right?

[BlackSoldierFly]

@PeanutButterGtr LOL, yes, they're harmless. I'm not afraid of the larvae, I hold them all of the time. I was just fussing with them because I was making the video and had nervous energy.

[BlackSoldierFly]

@acetrem Not when you understand what's really happening. These harmless larvae are a simple and beautiful part of nature. Knowledge makes the gross go away.

[Living4fishing]

So i keep watching these vidss , but where can you buy them first , an second once you have them do they reproduce if you let them turn to flies an have more or u have to keep buying larva ???

[likayouful]

Awsome short Movie

[BlackSoldierFly]

@50kT Do you usually do well in those "guess how many jelly bean" contests? :)

[50kT]

that handful looked like 200 to 300 in my opinion