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A black soldier fly larva can consume twice its weight in food each day. On its 14-day journey from hatchling to pupa, a single larva will grow nearly an inch long and increase its weight by a ...

Black Soldier Fly larva, if properly cared for, can produce a compost comparable to cow manure compost. The insect larvae feed on organic materials and the resulting frass, ...

Black soldier fly larvae contains more zinc and iron than lean meat and its calcium content is higher than milk. Less than half a hectare of black soldier fly larvae can produce more protein than ...

Black soldier fly larvae devour food waste and other organic matter and are made of 60% protein, making them an attractive sustainable food source in agriculture.

Feeding black soldier fly larva food waste also helps the environment according to the Environmental Protection Agency, local landfills take in 25-thousand tons of food scraps a year.

Black soldier fly larvae in coffee grounds (Submitted by reader) As we have discussed before, there are many terrific pollinators that help us with our gardening if we simply stop killing them ...

I left two composting bins with kitchen scraps unattended and returned to find soldier fly larvae in the rotting pile. Turns out, it's a good thing.

The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) isn’t particularly glamorous, sometimes described as wasp-like without the sting. But whole factories are being built around the insect to produce a ...

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