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My outdoor housefly project takes up about a 12"x48" space. If your area gets warm during the day and cool at night you can sometimes come out in the morning and collect flies that came in the day before and stayed through the night - but are too cool to fly away. (=

Nice pics, Danny! A beautiful species indeed! How warm did you raise them at - between 90 and 100 degrees F.?

Well.... I had them. I no longer raise these just because of the time requirement. Though raising and harvesting airborne houseflies can be a bit of a pain (transferring them in and out of the fridge), the time I spent on my curly-winged is what partially drove me out of the hobby the first...

Concerning the wood chips - both a high protein source and a high fiber source is needed for the fly larvae to develop effectively. Though milk is not always required for fly ovipositing (egg laying) either some fresh media that larvae have recently inhabited or milk-soaked tissue encourage the...

Welcome. That artwork looks quite fun. (=

I have bred these all as well and, as it goes with man hours, I completely agree. You can easily spend 10x as long raising feeders than catching a glimpse of the mantids that you wanted to raise to begin with. Since I started my outdoor housefly rearing project, the time spent rearing these...

Great pics, Michael! It is fun when you can catch the molt in action. Beautiful specimen. Glad to see the wings dried so nicely.

I love your story! Who knew Kung-fu would get people into the hobby? :D

Those are some great pics, Anurie. What country are you from? -Jay

Alas - the hunger of gravid females knows no bounds - though I have heard that this is not seen so much in the wild.

Great Pictures, Anders. Hoping your male violin moults well!

I blow gently on the boy when he is on the girl's back and he will keep moving around until he gets into position (attached). It doesn't work every time, but if it is taking forever and you don't want to leave the male to be a meal, it's worth a shot.

I have to say - that is such a vivid green!

Nice Color, Denny!

That is a fantastic photo, Digger. They have such amazing patterns - even in their eyes!

Such beautiful pictures, Michael!

The Chaeta's eyes are fantastic! (= I wish you the best with this species!

Bacteria?

Welcome Seth. Hopefully you can add mantises to the list of creatures your students have experiences with! (=

Welcome! There do seem to be a lot of Californians on the forum. (= I am in the process of getting myself back up to Northern Cal soon. I hope you enjoy yourself here and can share your expertise with amateurs like myself.