THE BLACK SOLDIER FLY
In our fight for a cleaner and healthier future, the Black Soldier Fly stands out as a front-line solution for a significant number of issues we face today. These tough little guys transform organic waste into valuable feed products at an amazing rate.
BLACK SOLDIER FLY BLOG POSTS
Black Soldier Flies Are Low in Cholesterol Compared to Other Edible Insects
Black Soldier Flies Are Low in Cholesterol Compared to Other Edible Insects Mudalungu, C.M., Mokaya, H.O. and Tanga, C.M., 2023. Beneficial sterols in selected edible insects and their associated antibacterial activities. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 10786. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37905-4 Edible insects are increasingly gaining popularity as research reveals multiple benefits. However, the rediscovery of natural products from insects …Read More
Insect Ingredients Buzzing into the Pet Nutrition Space
Insect Ingredients Buzzing into the Pet Nutrition Space Ingredients derived from black soldier flies are increasingly entering the mainstream pet food market. The big appeal, which is heavily marketed to potential customers, is environmental sustainability of their production.
Black Soldier Fly Farming Itself Generates Wastes that Need to be Valorized
Black Soldier Fly Farming Itself Generates Wastes that Need to be Valorized Okoro, O.V., Preat, V., Karimi, K., Nei, L., Debaste, F. and Shavandi, A., 2023. Optimizing the subcritical water valorization of insect (Hermetia illucens L.) farming waste for biodiesel production. Chemical Engineering Research and Design. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2023.06.043 To counter the proliferation of secondary waste streams …Read More
Black Soldier Flies Help Mustard Grow
Black Soldier Flies Help Mustard Grow Here is another example of the mounting scientific evidence that using cast skins of black soldier flies as soil amendment is highly beneficial for plant growth. There is also a considerable interest in this technology from the private sector.
New Frass-Based Biofertilizer Launched
New Frass-Based Biofertilizer Launched New bioactive organic fertiliser has been recently launched by a Singapore company Nutrition Technologies. The product is made from black soldier fly frass that has been composted and enhanced with a microbial biocontrol agent and insect chitin, both of which also originated from black soldier flies reared at their facility.
Black Soldier Fly Cuticle Helps Delivering Probiotics
Black Soldier Fly Cuticle Helps Delivering Probiotics Ushakova, N.A., Sverguzova, S.V., Shaikhiev, I.G., Sapronova, Z.A., Bastrakov, A.I., Levenko, E.A. and Khatsaeva, R.M., 2023. The Cuticle of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermietia illucens) as a Biosorbent for Probiotics. Biology Bulletin, 50(3): 478-482. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359023700267 Using the method of scanning electron microscopy, a comparative study of the morphology …Read More
Black Soldier Fly as Lobster Feed
Black Soldier Flies Can Replace Some Fishmeal in Lobster Feed Saputra, I. and Fotedar, R., 2023. The effect of defatted black soldier fly meal (Hermetia illucens) inclusion in the formulated diet on the growth, gene expression, and histopathology of juvenile lobster (Panulirus ornatus Fabricius, 1798). Aquaculture International https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-023-01151-2 The present study investigated the potential use …Read More
Black Soldier Fly Frass Helps both Fish and Plants Grow
Black Soldier Fly Frass Helps both Fish and Plants Grow Romano, N., Datta, S.N., Pande, G.S.J., Sinha, A.K., Yamamoto, F.Y., Beck, B.H. and Webster, C.D., 2023. Dietary inclusions of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae frass enhanced production of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) juveniles, stevia (Stevia rebaudiana, and lavender (Lavaridula angustifolia) in an aquaponic system. …Read More
Black Soldier Fly News
New information on black soldier flies becomes available pretty much daily. Business deals are being struck, facilities are being built, original research publications appear in a wide variety of scientific journals, and news articles appear in popular mass media.
General Information on Black Soldier Flies
There's a reason that black soldier flies have created such a buzz recently. Everyone from big ag to backyard chicken farmers are realizing that black soldier flies are an innovative, inexpensive, green, and humane way to produce healthy, high-protein feed for livestock and even people. If your interest has been piqued, please explore.
Black Soldier Fly Myths and Misconceptions
As the idea of farming of black soldier flies gains track with agriculturalists, researchers, and general public, the amount of available information explodes. Much of it is valuable and contributes to further development of this technology. Some of it needs further verification. Some of it, however, is not entirely correct (or is entirely incorrect). We compiled a list of common misconceptions about this rather remarkable creature and its place in modern agriculture.
Feed Black Soldier Flies to Your Chickens
A chicken is not a penguin. Neither is it a pelican, nor a cormorant. It is not even a puffin. This does not seem like a particularly astute observation. Yet, fishmeal constitutes a considerable proportion of many commercially available chicken feeds. This creates a rather unnatural situation.
How About Green, Cruelty-Free, High Protein Food for Your Dogs and Cats?
Pets are family. There is little doubt about that. However, they belong to different biological species. Therefore, their physiology and, hence, nutritional requirements are different. They cannot have the same diet as humans do. At the same time, they should not eat garbage just because it is not fit for human consumption. Black soldier flies may help addressing this issue.
Black Soldier Flies are Reptilian Superfood
Not all pets are warm and fuzzy. Quite a few of them are on a cooler side and covered with scales. Among the insect species commonly used to feed pet reptiles, black soldier flies stand out because of their unique nutritional value. Making them a regular part of your scaly pets' diet will be highly beneficial for their health and well-being.
Black Soldier Fly Farming
So, you've decided to become a bug farmer. Friends and relatives are seriously concerned about your mental health, while the person you had been dating for a while left you for a financial industry executive. Still, this enterprise will be totally worth it in the end, as long as the right approach is taken.
No Small Potatoes
No Small Potatoes In previous posts, we discussed that expanding the diet of humans and domestic animals is both objectively difficult, as well as important for sustainable development. By no means is this situation limited to insects – other novel food items had a similarly uneasy way in. Their history is very instructive of what …Read More