macro junkie
Dead Leaf Mantis
i got my new fly culture today so i took a pic of 1 of them..i think its about 2mm?
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are the fruit flys in the uk the same as in the us? 5:1 life size - 50% cropped.
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Mantida
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The eyes are pretty in the first pic. 
macro junkie
Dead Leaf Mantis
i got what i told me to get today.flightless fruit flys..they gotr white eyes.!i took some pics..il post them later..my culture is new..i see small maggots but i wonder when il have lots of flys..fromaggt to fly?how long?The eyes are pretty in the first pic.
Mantida
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Bout a week, if you have d. hydei it may take longer, d. melanogaster takes about 3-5 days ish? I'm not totally sure.
You will get boom and bust cycles in your culture, a few weeks you will have nothing but maggots and pupae, and a few weeks later you'll have a whole lotta flies.
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macro junkie
Dead Leaf Mantis
Bill Pham
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hey MJ that last one looks dead. you know better than shoot a dead critter only lives one are allow :lol: :lol:
Bill
Bill
macro junkie
Dead Leaf Mantis
i confess..i killed it to take some shots..lmao :lol:
spawn
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D. melos will take a week or two. D. Hydei will take up to a month.
