EMERGENCY! Need mel fruit flies ASAP!

[Precarious]

Ooth hatched yesterday and none of my cultures are producing any time soon. What's worse is the producing culture I ordered that arrived today is NOT producing at all!

The ooth is a species new to the US that I'm hoping to culture and share.

If you live on the east coast and can ship me a producing culture MONDAY July 24th contact me and we'll work out a deal. Any later than Monday and the nymphs will begin to cannibalize and game over.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

I've got your back if still needed Bud.

 

[d17oug18]

im not in the east coast but i can also help you out. Contact me if you need it, i too have your back.

 

[sporeworld]

im not in the east coast but i can also help you out. Contact me if you need it, i too have your back.

Same. Might not be a bad idea to have multiple sources, in any case.

Also, Petco/Petsmart carry mels. And more and more small petshops.

 

[Precarious]

Same. Might not be a bad idea to have multiple sources, in any case.

Also, Petco/Petsmart carry mels. And more and more small petshops.

No pets stores anywhere near me carry fruit flies. Believe me, I've been in this situation before, done all the searches and made all the calls.

If someone west coast were able to ship today yet that would be as good as east coast shipping Monday.

 

[Termite48]

Perhaps till you receive the emergency ff by mail, you can set up a few lures for wild ffs. I have used successfully the squashed ripe banana with brewers yeast that Brian A. suggested on a post recently. It works and you can get something going for tomorrow. Just place the lure in a place where fruit flies might be foraging, like nar your outside trash cans. You can leave a dixie cup cover slightly ajar and they will go in. Then when you think that there are enough, you can quickly close the lid and freezer stun them, if you must, or just place the entire cup in the enclosure. Good luck, I wish I could do more.

 

[Precarious]

Perhaps till you receive the emergency ff by mail, you can set up a few lures for wild ffs. I have used successfully the squashed ripe banana with brewers yeast that Brian A. suggested on a post recently. It works and you can get something going for tomorrow. Just place the lure in a place where fruit flies might be foraging, like nar your outside trash cans. You can leave a dixie cup cover slightly ajar and they will go in. Then when you think that there are enough, you can quickly close the lid and freezer stun them, if you must, or just place the entire cup in the enclosure. Good luck, I wish I could do more.

I've had rotting banana traps out since yesterday with no results. It must be too hot. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[Termite48]

This is not for general consumption but re: ffs. The other day, my wife and I went to the Community dumpster to unload our garbage can. When I lifted it up to place it in the dumpster there was some pretty wet items, as in watermelon rinds and things like that. I noticed on the plastic bags in which we place our kitchen garbage and lining the inside of the 32 gallon plastic garbage can, there were myriads of fruit fly larvae. With the warm weather they have since pupated and eclosed. I thought I would share this in case it might help when you get into a bind. Good luck with the hatching ooth. It is a good thing that new hatchlings don't usually eat for a couple of days.

 

[sporeworld]

I missed any saturday shipping options, but I can ship on Monday, if needed. Just let me know.