Well I think they my be BSFs but Jerry from the blog isn't sure. So, I'm planning on trying to hatch them and see what comes out. Should be a nice little science experiment.
Wish Me Luck!!! LOL
Have a Great Day!!
Frank
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Black Soldier Fly - Are they a solution to our food scraps?
I found out about BSF (Black Soldier Flys) by accident one day adding scraps to my worm bin. To my surprise there were large (1" of more) long maggots in my bin. I went on line and researched what could they be and what to do? I found out that they were BSF and you don't need to do a thing as they are OK in worm bins. Then I started reading more on The Black Soldier Fly Blog they are an interesting bug that are good feed for chickens (they love worms) and you could raise them in food scraps (win-win for the environment and the chickens). I was really interested because they will eat meat and other scraps that I was throwing away because they don't work in my worm bin nor my compost tumbler. I built a BSF composter from the plans on the BSF Blog on May 3rd I put it out. I've attracted regular fly larva and the chickens liked them but, not BSFs. Well for Father's Day weekend I mite have got a present from the composter.
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That looks like them unless they are really small.
ReplyDeleteSome think they mite be blow fly larva as I'm not seeing any mature BSF's in the composter. So I'm planning on putting a few in a jar and see what they hatch into.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment....
Frank
I have a few of these too in my worm bin. They look pretty gross to me and I want to pull them out of there. They were in a small group. Any word on what they are?
ReplyDeleteBrandon they are blow fly maggots as I had some meat scraps in the bin. They aren't too bad but I agree with you and would try to get ride of them.
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