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Fruit fly infromation culturing fruit flies raising fruit flies


To the left are the 8 inch jars we use to culture our drosiphilia ( fruit flies) . And below  are two up close  pictures of the same jars after about 18 days . We use the larger FF  because we feel they offer a larger meal and culture just as easy as the smaller ones do .
 Small FF have about a 14 day cycle
Larger FF have a 21 day cycle
85 degrees is the best temperature we find to keep the FF living and doing well . I suggest you make at least 6 cultures . Oh and by the way .The small 3 inch tubes  you get from a FF supplier  are just to be used as a starter colony. You would allow that little colony to produce flies and transfer them ( the new bugs) to a larger container. And after you see new bugs in the larger container you can feed from it ! So it should take you about a month to get production going . Use a commercial blend of the medium until you are growing lots of flies then you can experiment around with other home made recipes . There are plenty of fruit recipes and some of them work just fine . A word of caution . If you married and you want to keep your family together don't try raising FF in a real fruit mixture as a first attempt .. Because some times the cultures can get pretty moldy or stinky ! which ever you want to call it is all rite with me . Just remember It can stink ! But on the other hand the real fruit cultures will produce a huge blossom of bugs . Then as quickly as it started to produce it stops . Or at least this has been my experience .
 


 


 

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