beckyl92
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m gonna start breeding them. i normally make d.hydei cultures once a week + i've heard d.melanogaster have a shorter life span..
how long do D. melanogaster fruit flies take to emerge?
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Melanogasters do breed and eclose faster... like a week faster. I'd say around 2 weeks turnaround time for melanogasters, and 3 weeks for D. hydei on average.
beckyl92
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if i made cultures every week would i have contant flies available? or would it have to be twice a week?
Unless you have a ton of mantids that is far too often. I make them in 32 oz deli cups and I start a new one when the old one starts drying out. If you're using the small vials it may be ok however I think most people use the 32 oz. The large cultures last a long time.
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PhilinYuma
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Like Rick and Katt say, but be careful that the medium doesn't dry out and/or become mouldy* (even a medium with Paraben will get mouldy if you let it get too dry), and that the fly culture itself doesn't get so run down that it won't restart in a new pot. Some of us are trying brewers yeast, which Rebecca (Mantis Place) is now selling, and that seems to keep the culture going a bit longer, too.
* "mouldy" is English for "moldy".
* "mouldy" is English for "moldy".
