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<blockquote data-quote="agent A" data-source="post: 350447" data-attributes="member: 2948"><p>I have reared bottleflies and I have a few things to make you aware of</p><p>1: adults require a LOT of protein in the diet before they're willing to mate and lay eggs. Milk mixed with some fruit is a really good option for this. they'll feed on the milk proteins for a week or so before they'll mate and lay eggs</p><p>2: wet dog food is really good for getting them to lay eggs and for feeding the larvae</p><p>3: I rear the larvae in bowls, wherein I toss in small amounts of food at once. if you toss in huge globs, they don't eat it in the next few hours and that's what makes the place stink to high-heaven</p><p>4: LIGHT! i use a daylight LED bulb over my colonies and this is what induces the diurnal flies to breed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agent A, post: 350447, member: 2948"] I have reared bottleflies and I have a few things to make you aware of 1: adults require a LOT of protein in the diet before they're willing to mate and lay eggs. Milk mixed with some fruit is a really good option for this. they'll feed on the milk proteins for a week or so before they'll mate and lay eggs 2: wet dog food is really good for getting them to lay eggs and for feeding the larvae 3: I rear the larvae in bowls, wherein I toss in small amounts of food at once. if you toss in huge globs, they don't eat it in the next few hours and that's what makes the place stink to high-heaven 4: LIGHT! i use a daylight LED bulb over my colonies and this is what induces the diurnal flies to breed [/QUOTE]
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