Enhanced medium (the food for larvae) to support fruit fly growth and increase nutrient density.

Culture will produce thousands of flies within 2 weeks (if maintained at room temperature).

Compact 24oz container to save you storage space without taking away from amount of medium at bottom of container.

No harmful substances. All contents of container are safe for your pets and for children to handle: wood wool, potato-based medium supplemented with powdered nutrients (giving its red color), fruit fly eggs, larvae and adults.

Newly started/prepared - culture will be inoculated with flies upon your order.

D. melanogaster fruit flies are ideal feeder insects for small or young animals. They are about half the size of their larger counterpart in the genus - D. hydei. Unlike crickets or other typical feeder insects, fruit flies cannot bite or harm your pet.

Ideal amount of media added! Not too much (where flies never get to the media and it becomes overcrowded and rancid), and not too little (where flies are left searching for food)! You'd think that more media equals more flies... Not exactly. There's only a certain amount of surface area within containers where larvae can properly pupate and emerge as flies. If there is too much media (and if it doesn't spoil by then), larvae will pupate in layers over one another and suffocate those that have pupated prior.

D. hydei fruit flies are ideal feeder insects for small or young animals. They are about twice as large as their smaller counterparts in the genus - D. melanogaster. Unlike crickets or other typical feeder insects, fruit flies cannot bite or harm your pet.

Enhanced medium (the food for larvae) to support fruit fly growth and increase nutrient density.

Culture will produce thousands of flies within 3-4 weeks (if maintained at room temperature).

Compact 24oz container to save you storage space without taking away from amount of medium at bottom of container.

No harmful substances. All contents of container are safe for your pets and for children to handle: wood wool, potato-based medium supplemented with powdered nutrients (giving its red color), fruit fly eggs, larvae and adults.

Newly started/prepared - culture will be innoculated with flies upon your order.

Ideal amount of media added! Not too much (where flies never get to the media and it becomes overcrowded and rancid), and not too little (where flies are left searching for food)! You'd think that more media equals more flies... Not exactly. There's only a certain amount of surface area within containers where larvae can properly pupate and emerge as flies. If ther is too much media (and if it doesn't spoil by then), larvae will pupate in layers over one another and suffocate those that have pupated prior.

Bred with a medium containing spirulina and added vitamins

High moisture content (85% - 90%)

Moderate protein (9% - 10%)

Low fat (3% - 5%)

Soft bodied and easier to digest compared to other feeder insects such as crickets.