Comment by 🚀 stack
Re: "In the course of my mantid breeding, I was forced to deal…"
I am joshing. I am sure it's a really interesting hobby.
2025-01-20 · 1 year ago
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🚀 mimas2AC [OP] · 2025-01-20 at 19:47:
you can also professionalize it all and then make money with insect proteins or edible insects ;)
👻 darkghost · 2025-01-20 at 20:15:
I'd imagine there's a market for pest control in organic farming as well.
Original Post
In the course of my mantid breeding, I was forced to deal with breeding flies, especially houseflies and blowflies, but also black soldier flies, because mantids need live food. I found that breeding flies had to be well organized, otherwise you end up with too many flies all of a sudden and possibly at the wrong time.... But currently the mantids are big enough to feed grasshoppers too. That makes it easier. Is anyone here currently breeding insects? Privately, professionally?