What is BSF! The Future of Food For Animal Feed.

FAQ About Black Soldier Fly:

• What BSF are and where they are located?
• How can Black Soldier Fly help our lives?
• How useful are these black soldier fly products?
• Can Black Soldier Flies harm our environment?
• Are black soldier flies dangerous?

What is Black Soldier Fly?

Black Soldier Fly (or: BSF) is the name of a very popular and widely known fly in the wild, propagated in many places around the world. Black Soldier Fly is one of the most beneficial flies that humans have ever known. They have many applications in Clean Agriculture, global organic waste treatment, and protein source for animal feed. For the great benefits that the black soldier fly brings to humans, and today they are very popular flies around the world, including Vietnam. BSF have been used in manure management and as a protein feed in many western countries

Black soldier flies are considered non-harmful, because when adult flies they do not have a mouth, do not eat, only drink water, and focus on reproduction. Because it does not have a mouth when it is an adult, this type of fly does not bite, does not harm the crops, does not transmit any infectious disease to livestock, poultry, pet… .. Not to mention the black soldier fly is also the counterpart of other species of toxic flies, as the BSF will compete for the breeding ground for the toxic flies that you want to eliminate on your farm.

Black soldier flies are very helpful, popular and considered non-harmful.

A Summary of Black Soldier Fly is as follows:

• Name: Black Soldier Fly, BSF, Hermetia illucens….
• Life Cycle: 38-45 days, going through 4 main stages of development.
• The most beneficial BSF stages: larvae, pupa.
• Size: 2.2 cm (Adult Flies)
• Useful type: use to recycle agricultural residues, make animal feed, make protein powder…
• Food source: for agricultural residues, baits, compost with other organic waste, human leftovers, Feed on manure, compost,…. and other organic waste

• Black Soldier Fly Life Cycle.

  Like other flies, the Black Soldier fly life cycle has a similar life cycle and closely resembles most common flies. The life cycle of BSF usually lasts from 38-45 days, going through 4 main stages of development, including Eggs, Larvae, Pupea, Adult Fly. A life cycle of about 45 days is from eggs to larvae, then from larvae to pupae, pupae develop into insects and breed. 

  Summary of the black soldier fly stages life cycle:

  1. Black soldier fly Eggs (BSF eggs)
  2. Black soldier fly Larvae (BSF larvae )
  3. Black soldier fly Pupae (BSF pupae)
  4. Adult black soldier fly (BSF)
  

  The life cycle of BSF usually lasts from 38-45 days, going through 4 main stages of development, including Eggs, Larvae, Pupea, Adult Fly

  BSF Egg

  The BSF eggs stage (day 0 to 4) is the first stage of the black soldier fly. At this stage, BSF breeders in Vietnam can sell black soldier fly eggs from their farms to propagate through other farms, thereby also creating a great source of income for fly farmers.

  BSF Larvae

  The BSF larvae stage (day 5 to 22) is the stage that creates the most value for black soldier fly breeders. At this stage, the fly farmers can sell the black soldier larvae for high-quality pet food, animal feed, larval oil extraction, fly larvae powder, chitosan extract… and many other applications in the industry and pharmaceutical industry.

  BSF Pupa

  The BSF Pupa stage (day 23 to 37) is the stage of cocooning black soldier fly pupation. After the black soldier fly pupae are harvested they are often mashed into pellets as a food source for livestock, poultry, fish, lizards, turtles, and even pets such as dogs, cats, and reptiles… can still be eaten. In addition, Black soldier fly pupae are also bought by many bird’s nest breeders as food for swallow bird called “Yen pupae”

  Adult flies

  In the BSF Adult stage (day 38 to 45), fly breeders keep them lay more eggs as possible to increase herds. In addition, when dead bodies of adult black soldier fly can be composted into organic fertilizer from high quality flies used for soil improvement. Fertilizer from the dead black soldier fly adults is being used by many organic vegetable farms in Vietnam

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