The Phoenix Worm Store Home Page. Kleinanzeigen auf willhaben.at! Schwarze Soldatenfliegenlarven. Hermetia-zucht.de. Boreal Wormer. Black Soldier Fly (BSF) breeding in captivity is a relatively new development for the DIY crowd.
There are a few commercial operations which raise them for pet food (link) and even for large scale waste disposal (link) but very few DIY small scale indoor systems (link). As an experiment I purchased a few Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) from a pet store this summer and after some trial and error was successful in having them complete a reproduction cycle indoors. ** December 2011 - Note that since this initial experiment concluded I've become aware of more small lighted indoor setups used by pet owners in Europe to raise BSF as feeder insects.
Such systems show that mating can be achieved in a fairly small space (storage tote size) using bright artificial lighting. I will be using some of their design features in my next experiment. Rearing Larvae 130 light and 13 dark (mature) BSF larvae in the original shipping medium. The nested containers of the rearing tub. Pupation Mating Mating!! Zucht der schwarzen Soldatenfliege (Hermetia illucens) Zucht der schwarzen Soldatenfliege (Hermetia illucens) The ProtaPod™ Bioconversion of Food Waste: Black Soldier Fly. Bio-Conversion of Putrescent Waste Black Solider fly: A Beneficial Arthropod After seven years of research, ESR developed and patented a unique bioconversion process that effects a 95% reduction in the weight and volume of food waste within a matter of just a few hours.
This process requires no energy, no electricity, no chemicals, not even water. It is totally self-contained and does not emit a drop of effluent, and aside from a small amount of carbon dioxide, it does not produce methane or any other greenhouse gases. The larva that we have chosen for this waste disposal process is the larva of the black soldier fly (BSF, Hermetia illucens). Indigenous to the Whole of the Americas Surprisingly this bioconversion process does not demand the introduction of anything foreign or exotic. Not Just Any Fly Many of us immediately panic when we see the word "fly" just as we often panic when we see the word "bacteria.
" Black Soldier Fly Life Cycle SF larvae pass through 5 stages or instars. No Bottom. Black Soldier Fly Composter / Automatic Chicken Feeder. A simple 3D animation to show relative size and layout of the BSF Composter / Chicken Feeder We have had much success harvesting Black Soldier Fly Larvae to feed our chickens, but we needed a new design.
After much thought, this is the design that we have come up with. We designed this unit with these things in mind: large for plenty of compostportable so we can move itauto-feeds our chickenseasy to build and replicatemade from common materials This composter can turn everyday food and garden waste in to a nutritious food source for chickens and rich compost. Here is the completed project. BioPod-Plus_GNZ in Österreich. BSF Forum - Black Soldier Fly Farming.