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    Default Phoenix worms (black soldier fly larvae)

    im currently thinking about breeding the black soldier fly or phoenix worms as many of you know them as. im in great area to get a colony started and kept thriving. from what ive researched it looks like ill be in over my head in phoenix worms, is there anyone in colder regions that cant breed them or just wouldn't want to spend the time to breed them would like order any? they'll be much cheaper than the company 'phoenix worms' sells them for.

    also, if anyone has successfully bred them do you have any tips? im open to suggestions.
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    That sounds like a great project! I'd love to have them around all time, but they are so expensive.
    Laura R (FL)
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    The flys that they turn into are everywhere in the south. You could start breeding them for cheap since your iin Florida . All you need to do is setup a breeding container that you put your food scraps in and they lay there eggs in there and leave. Within a couple weeks you would have 100s of Phoenix worms baisicly for free. If anyone is interested let me know and I'll post a link to the video on how to start.
    1 Black and White Argentine Tegu
    1 Black Throat Monitor
    1 Ball python
    1 Sulcata Tortoise
    1 Leopard Tortoise (pardalis pardalis)
    3 Indian Star Tortoise
    1 Mali Uromastyx
    1 Spotted Salamander
    1 veiled chameleon
    1 Enigma Leopard Gecko
    1 Sunfire Bearded Dragon
    1 Australian whites tree frog
    1 red ear x yellow belly
    1 Yellow belly
    1 Red ear slider
    1 southern banded watersnake
    3 Savannah monitors
    2 Annoying Younger Brothers

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    Interesting...but at this house, I have a big problem with blue flies. I wonder if scrap composting would attract more blue flies.
    Laura R (FL)
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    7 other lizards
    1 little gator
    3 FL box turtle
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    I thought that would be a problem too but the smell Of black soldier flys repells most insects including mosquitos
    1 Black and White Argentine Tegu
    1 Black Throat Monitor
    1 Ball python
    1 Sulcata Tortoise
    1 Leopard Tortoise (pardalis pardalis)
    3 Indian Star Tortoise
    1 Mali Uromastyx
    1 Spotted Salamander
    1 veiled chameleon
    1 Enigma Leopard Gecko
    1 Sunfire Bearded Dragon
    1 Australian whites tree frog
    1 red ear x yellow belly
    1 Yellow belly
    1 Red ear slider
    1 southern banded watersnake
    3 Savannah monitors
    2 Annoying Younger Brothers

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    No mosquitoes????? Sign me up!!! lol
    Laura R (FL)
    1.0.0 Colombian Tegu
    1.4.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
    1.2.0 Red Tegu
    1.2.0 B/WxRed Tegu
    1.0.0 Green Ameiva (yet another teiid)
    7 other lizards
    1 little gator
    3 FL box turtle
    1 Sulcata tortoise
    16 snakes
    5 fuzzy pets
    4 little frogs
    a bunch of creepy bugs
    and a partridge in a pear tree

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