An innovative and low-cost project aims to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the Black Soldier Fly Rosannette Quesada Hidalgo Often people kill flies or at ...

A fly species was named after drag queen superstar RuPaul by Australian entomologists on Wednesday, affirming drag's growing influence on society. The soldier fly, which fittingly sports bold rainbow ...

The last frost date for Indiana will soon pass, bringing dreams of bountiful vegetable gardens to Hoosier green thumbs. With those dreams come schemes for enriching soils and a commitment to compost ...

A Buffalo startup is commercializing a biotechnology that leverages the life cycle of the common black soldier fly to create a protein-rich, sustainable feedstock for fish- and animal-rearing. The New ...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A bin full of black soldier fly larvae are eating away at food waste inside the Full Circle Bioconversion barn in Old Lycoming Township. For owner Aubrey Fornwalt, getting into ...

Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets and, maybe soon, people Black soldier fly larvae grow in a high-tech facility ...

In the lush green hills of Chogoria, in Tharaka Nithi County, one homestead stands out from the rest with its large fish ponds visible from the main road into the village. Steve Ken Mugambi,30, a fish ...

Black soldier fly larvae contains more zinc and iron than lean meat and its calcium content is higher than milk. Less than half a hectare of black soldier fly larvae can produce more protein than ...

New research demonstrates how using airflow can keep black soldier fly larvae, an important animal protein source, from overheating while feeding as a collective. Black soldier fly larvae devour food ...

If you’re one of those people who composts everything you can think of because you want to build up your garden soil, you might – like me this summer – learn to love the maggots of black soldier flies ...