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Newbie question ... Petco & Petsmart
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<blockquote data-quote="Rick" data-source="post: 30542" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>THey sell cultures of flies. But to be honest going to the store everytime you need flies is a huge waste of money. Culturing fruit flies is very easy. I go to www.carolina.com for my fly supplies. I buy a large bag of the medium which last for months. I culture in 32 oz clear deli cups with the mesh lids which also work well for small mantids. I simply throw in a half inch of the medium, a pinch of yeast, and water. Throw in some flies and in a couple weeks I have thousands. I keep ten cultures going at a time and after a few weeks they die out. When one dies out I start a new one. So with my process I always have fruit flies on hand. You won't need ten cultures but a couple will keep you going with a few small mantids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick, post: 30542, member: 13"] THey sell cultures of flies. But to be honest going to the store everytime you need flies is a huge waste of money. Culturing fruit flies is very easy. I go to www.carolina.com for my fly supplies. I buy a large bag of the medium which last for months. I culture in 32 oz clear deli cups with the mesh lids which also work well for small mantids. I simply throw in a half inch of the medium, a pinch of yeast, and water. Throw in some flies and in a couple weeks I have thousands. I keep ten cultures going at a time and after a few weeks they die out. When one dies out I start a new one. So with my process I always have fruit flies on hand. You won't need ten cultures but a couple will keep you going with a few small mantids. [/QUOTE]
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