{"id":2347,"date":"2015-09-30T17:38:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T21:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2015-10-27T02:22:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T06:22:23","slug":"hermetia-illucens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2015\/09\/30\/hermetia-illucens\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Soldier Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"

The larvae of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) are known as Phoenix worms and used for composting and as pet food.
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Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens<\/em>), this specimen has hatched from uneaten Phoenix worms used as pet food.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

I usually see the black soldier fly maggots offered for sale at reptile shows, they are still a somewhat specialty item, not available in all local pet stores.
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Black soldier fly larva known as a Phoenix worm.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

The larvae are usually pre-packaged in fancy looking small boxes and sold as high calcium food for your insectivorous pet at a somewhat hefty price considering how little organic matter you get.<\/p>\n

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Phoenix worm box<\/p><\/div>\n

Black soldier fly maggots eat all sorts of decomposing organic matter and they can be used to make compost. They can also be used as high protein human food — although I would imagine to feed humans with them the price definitely would need to be a lot lower than what pet food producers charge for it.<\/p>\n

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Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nHermetia illucens<\/em><\/a> on Wikipedia.
\nKeeping – Breeding Phoenix Worms<\/a>.
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