Thread subject: Diptera.info :: feeding larvae indoors..
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-10-2007 14:44
#1
Hi
I have some larvae to rear out. I am trying to rear them to see what fly can come out... Perhaps an uncooked meat is enough? They are Sarcophagidae/Calliphoridae/Muscidae larvae... Suggestions will be welcome. :)
Thank you.
Posted by Isidro on 27-10-2007 19:19
#2
For my "red commercial larvae" (Lucilia) I put some melon and egg.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 31-10-2007 11:14
#3
MASHED liver is ok as well. ;) (thanks, Tony Irwin!) :)
Posted by Andy Chick on 30-11-2007 13:40
#4
i tend to use cat food in a pouch made of tin foil, which is placed on soil for pupation, all incased in a fly cage (or a polystyrine cup!!)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-11-2007 14:18
#5
Picture?
Posted by Andy Chick on 30-11-2007 14:35
#6
ok here are a few pics im out of tin foil so i used paper to make the pouch to contain food,
Posted by Andy Chick on 30-11-2007 14:39
#7
this shows the pupation media at the bottom (i used vermiculite, but sand, sawdust or soil will work)
Posted by Andy Chick on 30-11-2007 14:42
#8
with the pouch in place
Posted by Andy Chick on 30-11-2007 14:45
#9
with lid and label
Erzinclioglu (1996) says most mammal meat is suitible for calliphorids apart from heart meat,
Posted by Susan R Walter on 30-11-2007 19:40
#10
Cat litter (cheap non-clumping kind) would presumably also work as pupation medium.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 30-11-2007 22:06
#11
these larvae are so odd in the food! :P
Posted by Andy Chick on 30-11-2007 22:08
#12
susan anything will do, as long as it allows them to get away from the food source and for a bit of piece and quiet,.
theres no food or larvae in my pics