Symbi Biological
Category: Fish Food Project
The Hopper Hopper
Corralling crickets can be quite crazy at times. The mealworms are much, much easier to catch, that’s for sure. After a couple cricket harvests, it seemed like there must be a better way to collect them. So I cut open…
Read MoreCricket or the Egg?
In our case, the cricket definitely came before the egg. For awhile there, I couldn’t even see the eggs they’re so small! The baby crickets just kind of showed up and I completely missed the eggs in the first habitat due…
Read MoreThey Grow Up So Fast!
Gosh, they really do grow up fast don’t they? The crickets went from tiny little specks to actual crickets pretty quick. Take a look!
Read MoreBaby Crickets!!!
When I opened the cricket habitat today, I was surprised to see some little critters scurrying about. At first, they looked like an army of ants, but a closer look revealed they are baby crickets! Since we’ve added some heat mats…
Read MorePupae Still Waiting
Today, when I walked into the Insectary (our greenhouse), I saw about a dozen or so of the pupae crawling round the flat of compost that I set out for them. They’ve been hiding out in there all winter as…
Read MoreBSFL Babies or Imposters?
We have some young larvae squirming about in the Biopod. Not really sure if they are another kind of fly or BSFL. They’re pretty small. At first, I just thought they were fungus gnat larvae, but I don’t see the…
Read MoreSome BSFL have crawled out!
I was starting to wonder about the larvae. Not much action in the last week or so. We outlasted an invasion of ants, some other flies, and a nasty hot spell. It looks like we’re moving on to the next…
Read MoreBSFL take back the Biopod
A few days ago, some other kind of flies took over the Biopod and the normal BSFL odor changed to a very stinky garbage smell. All the literature I’ve read says that the BSFL have something that deters other flies….
Read MoreEgads! Ants in the Soldier Fly bin
The ants found the Biopod. A little diatomaceous earth sprinkled around the bin worked like a charm.
Read MoreBSFL after 5 days
Here’s what the Biopod looks like after 5 days. They’re hungry little guys.
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