Flightless Fruitflies 101: How to Raise and Culture

Note: This information is from an Australian perspective- in the US you may have more accessible and convenient resources.

Apologies! It took so long to make this video. I hope this makes keeping small invertebrates easier, especially for those breeding lots of native inverts.

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Where to get lab mix media:

[markcarney]

I've watched a lot of videos on this topic and yours is far and away the best, the most comprehensive and thorough. Kudos.

[JustMeJoD]

Just going to start my first culture.. This is so great the containers and tips to use. My recipe is a bit different but I like your set up very much! Thanks for your time and knowledge

[andrewcrisp]

Just got my first culture from Sans Vertigo in the mail and am going to follow this guide to keep the food up to my growing collection of jumping spiders. Great video!

[HellenicBM]

Thank you so much for the video, the calendar explanation answered all of my questions.

[Bobbiecass]

Thanks, I’m spending a small fortune in buying fruit flies to feed 20 baby frogs ( from tadpoles) and a newly hatched Carolina anole. I’ve got 6 store bought containers… and still have days where I don’t have anything to feed the babies. I’m going groc shopping tomorrow to start cultures, have fruit flies coming from a Bio lab/store tomorrow.

[donnaroberts]

Very interesting and informative video! I learned so much about keeping these feeders,
thank you!! 😊

[ravingcyclist]

Excellent video! Very detailed and scientific. I think I actually understand the process now. (subscribed)

[nathangilbert]

Gonna give this a go to feed my mantis nymphs. Thank you for the very good informational video!

[ljhooka]

Wow so well explained. Ordered fruit flies from your site few days ago. Need those starter cultures!

[Skyp.e]

I’m about to get a culture for breeding baby jumping spiders. Excited:D

[TheLittleVirus]

This was very informative! Sadly can't buy any colonies here in my country, but with your video and other tutorials on how to make some from the wild, I feel like I can do this now. 😊

[morwenna]

Thanks to this video, I immediately ordered supplies to start a new culture after buying a culture of D. hydei last weekend. They arrived today and I set up my next culture so I can keep my tarantula slings fed! Thank you!

[SoraiaLMotta]

thanks for sharing in a very pleasing way.

[Anne-gstr]

Awesome video - thanks for making this!

[dowsey]

Very helpful. Rather than recycle or bin an old culture I use them to breed springtails for my pdf’s works a treat

[avia_aviaries]

thanks for perspective from oz...we cant wait till our flies get here :-)

[zestmaster]

better to opt for fabric lids instead of holes. Holes sometimes allow larvae to get out, and mites to get in

[reidmock]

Thanks for the wonderful video! I'm culturing fruit flies to feed to my ant colonies. Ant larva LOVE them!

[harmonharmon]

I've followed these steps and my cultures are molding and i added a lot of air ventilation. Any ideas?

[Dutchie]

I only use Brinta/Bambix and water for the media. Works fine for me.