Rearing methods for the black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
Rearing methods for the black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
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DOI：
10.1603/0022-2585-39.4.695
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发表时间：
2002-07-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Sumner, SM
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作者：
Sheppard, DC;Tomberlin, JK;Sumner, SM
黑蝇Hermetia illucens（L.）是一种非有害的热带和暖温带昆虫，可用于管理大量的动物粪便和其他生物固体。在几项研究中，依靠野蝇产卵的粪便管理取得了成功。然而，人们对这种强大的自然系统的信心很低，生物学研究因缺乏可靠的卵和幼虫来源而受到阻碍。早期的研究者很容易饲养幼虫，但交配却成了问题。我们实现了可靠的交配，在2 × 2 × 4米的屏幕笼在7 × 9 × 5米的温室，阳光和足够的空间，空中交配。交配发生在冬季最短的日子里，如果太阳没有被云层遮挡的话。向成年人提供水，但不需要食物。并给出了卵的收集和幼虫的饲养技术。幼虫被喂食麦麸、玉米粉和苜蓿粉的潮湿混合物。该培养物已保持3年。维持一个黑士兵飞实验室殖民地将允许在完全封闭的动物住房和寒冷地区的粪便管理系统的发展。
The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.), is a nonpest tropical and warm-temperate region insect that is useful for managing large concentrations of animal manure and other biosolids. Manure management relying on wild fly oviposition has been successful in several studies. However, confidence in this robust natural system was low and biological studies were hampered by the lack of a dependable source of eggs and larvae. Larvae had been reared easily by earlier investigators, but achieving mating had been problematic. We achieved mating reliably in a 2 by 2 by 4-m screen cage in a 7 by 9 by 5-m greenhouse where sunlight and adequate space for aerial mating were available. Mating occurred during the shortest days of winter if the sun was not obscured by clouds. Adults were provided with water, but no food was required. Techniques for egg collection and larval rearing are given. Larvae were fed a moist mixture of wheat bran, corn meal, and alfalfa meal. This culture has been maintained for 3 yr. Maintainance of a black soldier fly laboratory colony will allow for development of manure management systems in fully enclosed animal housing and in colder regions.