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Nature's own ultimate food recyclers, black soldier fly (BSF) larvae do more than just eat waste. They are good as live fish bait when they are young, and just before they become adults they are higher in protein than current:

• reptile feed
• fish feed
• chicken feed
• swine feed

On average a household will produce a little under a kg of food waste per day. This means that a bin the size of a 20 litre bucket per household is enough to eliminate all organic waste at it's source. Of course, the commercial and industrial sector will need larger bins, built according to the amount of waste produced.

blacksoldierflyfarming.com is dedicated to learning and teaching about what it takes to breed the black soldier fly. Researching the benefits of using black soldier fly's in waste avoidance, resource recovery, and waste management by developing, maintaining, and studying BSF farms and designs. This research is being carried out by Marinos Hadjipapas and John Pixomatis, two normal guys who want to make a difference. All our research findings will be published on this website to be used as a free information source for anyone interested in learning more about these amazing insects.

A key objective of this site is to use our findings to minimize the amount of damage we do to the environment in the future.

How to use this site

To keep our information in a neat, organized fashion we have divided the site into parts. I'd like to draw your attention to the menu items on the left of page. You can see that the homepage is titled 'Home' (this is what you are reading now).

BSF Farming

After the homepage, you will see a category named 'BSF Farming'. Here you will find a basic run down of who we are and what we do. This is where you find a background of this site, our principles and objectives, and a brief explanation of the BSF farming process.

BSF Farming Blog

The next item on the menu is 'BSF Farming Blog' - here you will find all our blog entries kept in reverse chronological order. New entries will be added in real time as things are discovered to keep you up to date with our progress. We are trying to update often so you will always have current weather conditions, behavioral observations, etc, at your fingertips. 

BSF Farming Forum

The latest addition to the site is a 'black soldier fly forum' where relevant topics can be discussed openly by interested readers. We wish to tackle issues like: the current condition of the environment, problems with organic waste disposal systems, composting using Black Soldier Fly Larvae, breeding black soldier flies, BSF farm construction, and whatever else we think of adding in the mean time.

BSF FAQ's

For general information on black soldier flies and the process used to farm them go to our 'Black Soldier Fly FAQ' page. Here we answered a bunch of basic questions. We will update the page with more answers as we receive questions from our readers. You will also find a terminology section here which explains what all the acronyms mean.

Next on the list you will see: Photo Galleries, Contact Us, and Help. These are pretty self-explanatory. Photo Galleries holds all our pics which are divided into separate albums. Contact Us shows a contact form which you can fill out and submit to us with any questions. And Help explains how to navigate throughout the site.

Below the main menu,  you will see our latest blog posts and calendar events. The calendar is updated almost daily with adult counts, egg counts, harvested larvae numbers, general observations, etc. You could also keep up to date with the calendar from your favorite feed reader by subscribing to the calendars dedicated RSS feed.

Comments and feedback

It would be great to see some involvement through comments and 'likes', which you will find at the bottom of each article (you don't even need to join the site to be part of it). Comments and 'likes' give us insight into what you, as our reader's, want to know and will help us to tailor the site to suit your needs.

An adult BSF	Adult Black Soldier Flies in farm	Adults Black Soldier Flies in farm	Adult Soldier Fly on leaf
Soldier Fly adult	Adult Soldier Fly waiting for mate	Adult BSF in farm	Adult soldier Fly overhead
Black Soldier Fly Adult	soldier fly silhouette	Adult Farmed BSF	See-through BSF, you can see right through her
Adult BSF about to fly for the first time	Adult BSF checking wings before flight	Friendly BSF

Finally got an adult BSF to land on my hand for a close up shot.

This must be why they are called soldiers. A Pic from the inside of the BSF farm, multiple Black soldier fly adults, exciting days!

A Pic from the inside of the BSF farm, multiple Black soldier fly adults, exciting days!

Another closeup photo of a wild Soldier Fly

Always good to see a Soldier Fly adult

Adult Soldier Fly waiting for mate

just another adult black soldier fly

Nice overhead view of a Soldier Fly in the light showing some color in its wings

Black Soldier Fly adult in enclosure

Silhouette Soldier Fly dreaming of freedom

A Pic from the inside of the BSF farm, multiple Black soldier fly adults, exciting days!

See-through BSF. This one was on the way out so I'm guessing she is a mother that just laid its eggs

Adult BSF about to fly for the first time. Adult BSF hatching from their pupae in a bucket. These black soldier flies got no special treatment, they  were left in a closed bucket in the garage and stated pupating 2 weeks later.

Wing check! Adult BSF checking wings before flight. Adult BSF hatching from their pupae in a bucket. These black soldier flies got no special treatment, they  were left in a closed bucket in the garage and stated pupating 2 weeks later.

 

Black Soldier Flies harmless to children.