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Outdoor Fly Rearing/Collecting Project
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<blockquote data-quote="Jay" data-source="post: 277924" data-attributes="member: 337"><p>Dear Thomas,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the compliments, though I feel there is a lot more research that can be done to make fly rearing viable for the everyday hobbiest.</p><p></p><p>Houseflies require protein, fiber and certain strains of bacteria in their cultures. I was told by one company that they reared their flies on rice hulls, though there may be something else that they were not telling me. (= One gentleman from England cultured his flies on some plant-based media, though I have yet to encounter what that might have been (it was his own little trade secret). I have tried raising flies on rabbit-type food (Hogsetta [sp?] diet), though it is a lot more work and less effective than high-protien dog food.</p><p></p><p>There are not a lot of resources other than what has been mentioned previously in other posts. Here in the forum there is a post about raising musca domestica that I started a while ago. Because housefly pupae require a lot of ventilation and because the process of raising them can require a whole lot of room in a house, the outdoor rearing container is the most practical for me. I add water occasionally and can harvest a dozen or more flies just by capturing visitors. Having the larvae and pupae on hand is helpful in case I need to leave town for a few days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay, post: 277924, member: 337"] Dear Thomas, Thanks for the compliments, though I feel there is a lot more research that can be done to make fly rearing viable for the everyday hobbiest. Houseflies require protein, fiber and certain strains of bacteria in their cultures. I was told by one company that they reared their flies on rice hulls, though there may be something else that they were not telling me. (= One gentleman from England cultured his flies on some plant-based media, though I have yet to encounter what that might have been (it was his own little trade secret). I have tried raising flies on rabbit-type food (Hogsetta [sp?] diet), though it is a lot more work and less effective than high-protien dog food. There are not a lot of resources other than what has been mentioned previously in other posts. Here in the forum there is a post about raising musca domestica that I started a while ago. Because housefly pupae require a lot of ventilation and because the process of raising them can require a whole lot of room in a house, the outdoor rearing container is the most practical for me. I add water occasionally and can harvest a dozen or more flies just by capturing visitors. Having the larvae and pupae on hand is helpful in case I need to leave town for a few days. [/QUOTE]
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