How to culture flightless fruit flies as food!

Flightless fruit flies are a great food for dart frogs, fish and many other animals in the animal keeping hobby! I show you how to culture fruit flies.
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[@ballpain1]

Tip: when you buy mels try to get wingless ones, not the flightless ones. From experience the flightless ones tend to regain their flight ability after a couple of generations while the wingless ones won't.

[@MikeTytula]

That is a solid tip!

[@shimmermist]

I bought first set from Petsmart. As soon as I opened the lid, 4 flew out and one sneaked out with lid closed. I’m having a nightmare 🫠

[@moldy_tshirt]

@@shimmermist oh my god yes the same happened to me, i bought some for my jumping spiders and the first culture i bought after one or two gens they could fly again and the second culture i bought some could immediately fly and took off in my room :,) horrifying and so frustrating LOL

[@jayydickerson2891]

Even my first gen flightless tend to hop several inches and even glide short distances which I have found to be quite a nuisance when attempting to culture them

[@blackosprey2219]

I check the cultures at the stores precisely because of this possibility. At least it's very apparent when your batch is bad.

[@JUSTDOIT539]

I don't even need to make fruit fly cultures but I still watched the video! It was very interesting to watch!

[@MikeTytula]

Well I'm glad you took the time out of your day!

[@SupremeGecko]

Perfect timing. Had to make a couple of cultures tonight. Thanks for the video Mike.

[@MikeTytula]

Perfect! I guess this kept you company then haha

[@HarveyLenn]

I feed these to my baby jumping spider! But my last culture died bc I didn't know how to take care of them 😅 Thank you for this video!

[@MikeTytula]

Glad you enjoyed! Hopefully it helped

[@f.b.iagent7379]

when there are alot of black pupae inside its time to start anew catch afew dozen of them into a newly made culture the cultures by doing this becomes infinite ♾

[@f.b.iagent7379]

i am doin it till this day with the same ff culture i had 2 years ago i did not buy new culture ! i feed them to my baby mantis

[@karenmcisaac22]

Thank you soooo much for doing this video Mike

[@MikeTytula]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@christinwolf4124]

So glad I found your channel! I'm new in the hobby and this was easy to understand and worked great for me.

[@MikeTytula]

Im glad that the video offered some help to someone that is new in the hobby!

[@Bunny-ns5ni]

It's funny that this video was posted three years ago. At that time, three years ago, I got my first fruit fly colony, Drosophila melanogaster "wingless". Today, I still have it going. I never added any new blood, and just kept breeding the same culture over and over. They've just been rehoused with new media for the millionth time. They've now been turned into a long running experiment to see just how long these populations can survive. So far, nothing has changed in rate of reproduction or fertility, but variation in striping does occur.

[@MikeTytula]

Oh that is awesome to hear! My issue is that a normal fruit fly will get in and make a bunch of flying ones so I have to restart the colony.

[@Bunny-ns5ni]

@@MikeTytula that is very strange. I've read that fruit flies can reproduce through the cheesecloth mesh often used in culture lids, however, I've never witnessed this happening. I guess there may be some truth to it in your case, unless you know how they manage to enter your colonies. I'd love to see your culture setups

[@jttraina4516]

Very well explained .Thanks for taking the time.

[@MikeTytula]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@CaptObv1]

Thanks! Great explanation, new to culturing fruit flies.

[@MikeTytula]

AWesome! Hopefully it works out for you man!

[@michaelmelo8075]

Another good video Mike, I use Repashy when I'm in a rush, but I make your fruit fly media that I saw in one of your previous videos and it's awesome the initial cost is a bit more because of what I paid for the beet powder and spirulina powder but it produces prolific cultures and I never get mold. Keep up the good work

[@MikeTytula]

Ya and you honestly don't need the beet or spirulina powder for it to work.

[@kellipolsinelli9248]

Excellent video. You explain everything very well!

[@MikeTytula]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@anguloart]

Simple, clear, and informative, thank you!

[@MikeTytula]

No problem!

[@JAYTEAM187]

Best vid I've seen yet on cultures. Good job my friend.

[@MikeTytula]

Thanks for watching, and the kind words!

[@sofianicolescu3223]

Great video! I just got a European tree fort and this helped for feeding it

[@MikeTytula]

AWesome! Good luck

[@curtism1741]

Hey Mike, great video and thank you for the information that you are sharing with everyone that watches you. 🐢🦎🐸🐍🐊👊🏼

[@MikeTytula]

Thanks man! That is the goal! Hope more people decide to tune in.

[@divinelovebath]

This is THE most helpful video on this - thank you!!!

[@MikeTytula]

An oldie, but a goodie! Thanks for watching!

[@tomorrowme3133]

I love your videos!

[@MikeTytula]

Thanks! :)

[@ChrisWard64658]

Great info thanks for sharing.

[@MikeTytula]

Thanks for watching!

[@CaptainRumi]

Love the fittonia jungle in the video thumbnail

[@MikeTytula]

It certainly is a jungle haha

[@trenthobson2756]

Great video

[@MikeTytula]

Thanks man

[@peeenk]

These are the clips i am subscribed foe

[@MikeTytula]

What are the clips? haha

[@michaelmckenna14]

great video bud cheers :)

[@MikeTytula]

Thanks!

[@fireballbruno9158]

Great videos

[@MikeTytula]

Thanks Bruno

[@Mahhkz]

I have a ton of jumping spider sling to feed. This was useful

[@MikeTytula]

Glad to hear that! They are easy to culture!

[@discomanof1648]

Did not know you went to central Michigan pretty cool you went there.

[@MikeTytula]

Ya I helped Brian on both of the expansions of the reptarium

[@brianambrose3245]

Good videos! Painter's paper is a good replacement for excelsior. Super cheap and it doesn't get everywhere

[@MikeTytula]

I have a buddy that uses paper plates.

[@ObaidahNaseer]

Thinking of making a culture for my quails.

[@MikeTytula]

Never heard of these being used for quail feed!

[@ramonanisio]

Noice Mike!!

[@MikeTytula]

Thanks!

[@shallahk8403]

Loved the video! Quick and too the point. Great info. I’m gonna try out fruit fly culturing for my aquarium fish, so was doing a little searching to see the process involved. Appreciate the time you took and the ideas. I did miss somewhere I guess, or maybe it didn’t get explained, but where do you put your diatomaceous earth powder? Was it in the culture? I want to use it correctly. I did come across something about a mite paper that can be used, but I already have the diatomaceous earth. Have you any experience with mite paper? Thanks for the links as well 🎉❤

[@MikeTytula]

Not in the culture, it goes around the culture to prevent the spread of grain mites, should there be any. I dont have experience with mite paper, but I imagine it would have similar effect.

[@justinboudreau1835]

Little late but you should make a video on how to supplement or powder your flies for darts! Having trouble finding info on it.

[@MikeTytula]

Ya maybe I'll make a supplementation video for everyone :)

[@1bhowdy]

Where do you purchase the vented lids? Thanks for the great video!

[@MikeTytula]

You can purchase them from numerous source like joshs frogs, etc.

[@jaesiraki84]

Nice. My son and I want to culture some for our baby lizard. 🦎🍃

[@MikeTytula]

That's perfect!

[@Devilishka7]

Could you also link a video on how to make your own fruit fly media? Because I can't find any of those products where I live so I want to try to make my own.

[@MikeTytula]

It's pretty easy to make yourself, there are a bunch of recipes on google. You just have to try them out and see which one works best for you

[@bryancruz3262]

Hey I really like your channel ❤ i have a question i really want to get some dart frogs but I don’t know if the temperature in my apartment is fine for the fruit fly, i keep my apartment during the day at 73 to 75 at 65 at night is that okey for them or its a bad temperature?

[@MikeTytula]

That is pretty good for them gahah

[@Dazwootoo]

I always pour the flies into a bigger high edge tub and then pour them in - less fly wastage.

[@MikeTytula]

That would work!

[@user-vl2zh6bj6x]

Just don't forget to add your powder nutrient supplement in the tall container first

[@hunterallen2889]

Few questions, first off do you find the coffee filters get matted down and ais there a way to prevent this? I have been using them for some cultures and it has clumped up from the maggots killing the culture. second question is what kind of diatomaceous earth do you use?

[@MikeTytula]

The filters typically do, I use the excelsior to hold it normally. I just use some stuff from Amazon, I can send the link if you want.

[@-AnyWho]

any other ideas to get smaller insect type food quick? I have a cave orb weaver in a container I got in fall and it's now almost Xmas and I'm guessing it gonna want to eat eventually ... I have a few rollie pollies and it had one a few weeks ago but now that its winter these rollie pollies are not active and just hide in the dirt. I know when spring comes by eventually ill get some flys from outside screens but I'm a few months away from that. I'm guessing it will want to eat before that ... ya, I have no clue what I'm doing with him, just feeling my way thru it but if it does die no biggie, it's only a local orb weaver. if it was still outside I'm guessing the winter would have killed it already. I don't have other spiders or frogs or lizards or anything so I don't have any reason to keep live food on hand, I kinda was hoping my small family of rollie pollies would hold it over till spring but they just hide in dirt constantly. (I'm guessing they know its winter too) ... my cave orb weaver is like quarter inch or so? from the little I read on wiki about them I'm not expecting it to get much bigger than that. I guess they only live like 18 months so I'm not sure how much more time it even has. I kept it for the hell of it.

[@MikeTytula]

Could just go to local petstores and ask for a small cricket or something.

[@jesenia8940]

I do my cultures using your other receipe. The only thing I do differently is I dust my flies before I seed my new culture. I have 2 green western toads that love them as part of a varied diet. I would not mind using the superfly if they had smaller containers of it. I've never seen a smaller container I don't think.

[@MikeTytula]

They do! They sell all the sizes of it. But it doesn't make sense to buy smaller ones if you are going to be making your own cultures because the price would go even higher per culture.

[@jesenia8940]

@@MikeTytula really!! I'll have to look into that. Does it go bad? To be honest, that's the reason I thought about getting a smaller one. I don't make too many cultures, 1 32 oz per week.

[@MikeTytula]

I have had it for years, I'm sure it can go bad but I doubt it would anytime soon.

[@jesenia8940]

@@MikeTytula Oh ok! Good to know!

[@carolynd1679]

Josh's Frogs have the fruit fly kits.

[@MikeTytula]

Yes they do!

[@tonysprimitiveanimals8445]

Man that’s crazy how it works. But I’m not a fan of frogs or fruit flies. But awesome video and very good tips for who ever dose. 👍👍

[@MikeTytula]

Thanks for watching anyways! haha

[@christianschmidt3954]

‘Diatamatus earth” nite control? And the other cheaper fruitfly food I can’t purchase is us.. do you have a link to provider or the name?

[@MikeTytula]

There is a bunch of fly medias available in the states.

[@christianmedina26]

I'm new to this, its the first video I've watched, how do you know when the culture has run its course

[@MikeTytula]

Basically 4 weeks and then typically more booms start happening

[@christianmedina26]

@@MikeTytula ok cool, thank you for c replying, after I watched your video I watched a few more they were similar but not as in depth. This video still holds up 5 years later

[@JamarHotep]

I just received small anoles and thinking about culturing flies. This is because my colony of meal worms only contain large ones. What do you recommend fruit flies, or bean beetles?

[@MikeTytula]

Both works well, but an anole will graduate to larger prey in a couple months.

[@reptilerob9650]

Great vid👍but why do you need the coffee filters aswell ?🤔

[@MikeTytula]

You don't you could use just excelsior if you wanted.

[@user-vl2zh6bj6x]

I use only coffee filters although I do have some of the other media but I like your idea of using both to provide different structure and wellbeing for the Flies so they are not congregated too much or feel stressed

[@susankamody6064]

Ok cool

[@MikeTytula]

yup

[@bentennyson2398]

Hi Mike, I have about 8 tarantulas all 1cm slings. How many cultures would I need for them thanks. I subscribed btw.

[@MikeTytula]

Uhh probably just one

[@bentennyson2398]

@@MikeTytula Thanks

[@jlk8810]

How much Demetrius earth do you add to the new mix, the new culture?

[@MikeTytula]

What do you mean?

[@ap_hydro2177]

I’m hopefully gonna get a fly culture because I’m gonna use them for my ants to eat

[@MikeTytula]

Interesting!

[@cherylo2105]

Super informative!!! I’m using the fruit flies to feed my baby jumping spiders and now after watching your video- I am confident that I can culture my own fruit flies 🪰- thanks so much

[@MikeTytula]

No problem! Good luck with the babies!

[@amysnews6808]

I have 1 baby tree frog (wild species from WV/Eastern USA)...basically he is what I call a rescue. My daughter raised tadpoles over summer on the front porch and they all morphed and left of their own free will whenever they felt like it but this one last little guy just wouldn't leave. It started to get down near freezing and bugs were getting scarce and even after I drained the tank he still wouldn't leave so I got scared he was gonna die of starvation or freeze to death so we have a baby frog, at least for winter - we'll see how things are going come spring 😁. Anyway, I am totally new to all of this and have no clue what I am doing. Everything I know I've picked up from YT. I've been buying melanogaster from PetCo but they're getting expensive so I'm trying to start my own cultures. My problem is I have NO CLUE how many or how often he needs to eat, I've heard all kinds of different answers. Any help? He is very tiny, like tip of your pinky tiny. How many melanogaster should I feed him and is that daily, every other day, weekly? Hard to make the cultures when I don't even know how many I need. Whatever your answer is if you can expand on how many flies I should add to a new culture and how often I should make new ones that would be great! Thanks so much! Oh, also, do you dust the flies before you add them to the culture or immediately before feeding the frog? Does he need calcium+D3 AnD a multivitamin powder? I ordered both from Amazon but I can send them back if I got the wrong thing. OK, just 1 more question...can I sit the cultures on an under tank heating mat to keep them warmer? We keep our house COLD (for a frog apparently), usually around 63-65 F. He's so small he's in a beta tank and I put him in a sandwich container to feed him and I've had him sitting on a regular heating pad but I just ordered an actual under tank heat mat. I got a very small one that apparently doesn't get too hot, should just put off enough heat to keep him a couple degrees warmer than the house. Would that work for the flies, too? If not, any suggestions on how to keep them warmer? I have one, uninvited, frog so I don't exactly have a room for him or his food. I know it's a lot but thanks in advance for helping!!!! 😊😊

[@MikeTytula]

That's an interesting story! Hope he does well when you release him in spring. Being that I don't know the species or how you are taking care of the little guy, it's hard to give advice about feeding. That said, I would say several flies a day. And making new cultures every 10days-2weeks. You want to be dosing Calcium without D3 every feeding and with D3 twice a month ish. A heat mat on a thermostat would be a good idea for them for sure!

[@user-vl2zh6bj6x]

I I think the frog is probably a Eastern barking tree frog. I would go with a larger variety fly such as Heidi. Kind of you to rescue and respect nature

[@betterthanstarlight]

How many cultures should i need for a single dart? Great video!

[@MikeTytula]

I’d just be making one every 10 days or so

[@betterthanstarlight]

@@MikeTytula thanks so much!

[@MikeTytula]

No problem!

[@lisfrankrosario3132]

How do u fruit fly proof your exo-terra tanks?

[@MikeTytula]

I don't lol haha

[@vkahri]

Do you have to use the excelsior if your using coffee filters?'

[@MikeTytula]

You don't have too

[@esketit6122]

Hi Mike. I have a question. Do Pangea and Rephasy include D3 vitamin? Thanks for answer. Have a nice day. :)

[@JUSTDOIT539]

Yes if you look on the package they list the ingredients and it says vitamin d3 in both rapashy and Pangea!

[@esketit6122]

@@JUSTDOIT539 thanks a lot

[@JUSTDOIT539]

@@esketit6122 you're very welcome!!!

[@MikeTytula]

You got your answer I suppose haha

[@akujigito6885]

frogs and chameleons, if kept. How many servings should be given? one day given 3 glasses of fruit flies?

[@MikeTytula]

I definitely wouldnt keep them together.

[@ItsaMeCeline]

15:04 basically my life

[@MikeTytula]

haha the moto of 2020

[@steveplays5408]

What other media's have you used? I'm courios to know the price per cultur on other media's I'd love to try some others out

[@MikeTytula]

Pretty much just repashy and my own media haha. I use some other ones as well but they aren't super commercially available.

[@steveplays5408]

@@MikeTytula how's the jungle jewl exotics 1. Price wise compared to rapashy

[@LinkBeats15]

what exactly are the coffee filters for??

[@MikeTytula]

increase surface area

[@mybuckhead]

Can the common toad in Central Texas eat cat food without hurting them. They eat with my cats.

[@MikeTytula]

I wouldn’t recommend feeding it to them intentionally.

[@cameronbennett8728]

You need to get a pair of croc skinks and do a setup vid

[@MikeTytula]

That would be pretty cool! I have a friend with one that wants to redo it's tank, so maybe I will have something like that.

[@cameronbennett8728]

Ok cool

[@carlarojas6941]

You can feed these to mantisis right?

[@MikeTytula]

That's what I fed to all my mantis!

[@PapaStrumfPS3]

I'm little bit confused, what to do if I just started and want to culture food for my jumping spider but don't have flies already?

[@MikeTytula]

You need to buy a starter culture first.

[@alexandragrandy8549]

How do you prevent fruit flies from escaping exo terra thanks!

[@MikeTytula]

I don't try haha

[@susankamody6064]

We need be stock in Amazon...

[@MikeTytula]

That would have been smart.

[@bowrzpetz08]

I buy everything from joshs frogs and dollar tree for my cultures. I also dust new flies before introducing them to the cultures

[@MikeTytula]

Ya theres nothing wrong with that!

[@CNC_SCOTTIE]

Where do you buy bulk vented lids ?

[@MikeTytula]

That’s something you’ll have to look around for my man.

[@CNC_SCOTTIE]

Mike Tytula could I buy normal lids pop holes and super glue or hot glue coffee filter to it ?

[@drewhankey4078]

How do mites appear?

[@MikeTytula]

Hitchhike on flies, or migrate from one culture to the next.

[@hollygallapoo5812]

So how do I get the vented lids?

[@MikeTytula]

Buy them from a shop. Depending where you are located there is always somewhere that will ship to you.

[@christianschmidt3954]

And how do y HOW do you apply diamatatious earth to your flies

[@MikeTytula]

I don't

[@justmejo9008]

You put the decameters earth around the container or on a tray under the container in around the container so if mites develop they can’t cross over into another cultures and infect them also

[@jacobdaniels3793]

I’m 2 years late, but I’m confused as to why you’d throw the culture away after a month. If the lifespan of the mites is within that month wouldn’t it better to keep it after that point? Maybe I misunderstood

[@MikeTytula]

They hatch after a month, meaning you get rid of the culture before the next generation can start.

[@expertfrenchtoast3480]

I just found a praying mantis and decided I’m gonna keep her I think I will culture fruit flies so I don’t have to buy crickets all the time. Do the flies stink or are noisy or anything?

[@MikeTytula]

The old cultures can stink, but no noise or anything

[@Teejrocks83]

FYI, your teespring link in your description is broken =-)

[@MikeTytula]

Fixed now!

[@izzycrybaby1164]

I thought you introduced yourself as "Microsoft Reptile" 😂

[@MikeTytula]

hahah wouldnt that be awesome

[@RenegadeModelRailroader]

GO FLAMES !!

[@MikeTytula]

HECK YA!

[@michaelross5674]

So before you throw out old culture u seed new one????

[@MikeTytula]

Corrext

[@vkahri]

Also, how do you determine if a culture got mites in it?

[@MikeTytula]

You look for mites walking around the culture

[@vkahri]

@@MikeTytula This only helps if I know what I'm looking for. So how do you determine if you have mites? (a thorough description of what to look for would here suffice. Or photos Or video. Thanks.)

[@MikeTytula]

There’s thousands of species of mites. Think of a tick but smaller basically

[@stevenA44]

Why do you use the coffee filters and the excelsior?

[@MikeTytula]

Honestly I have no idea, I just do.

[@stevenA44]

@@MikeTytula OK, that's good enough! LOL

[@MikeTytula]

I remember now haha. It was because I wasn't having good luck with the filters alone.

[@stevenA44]

@@MikeTytula OH, I just wondering why the filters at all.

[@MikeTytula]

@@stevenA44 YA that's why haha

[@izzy1606si]

Bruh mad flies on your bed!! Lol

[@MikeTytula]

Was the only table in the room haha

[@steveplays5408]

Save money and time at less the 1 doller per culture with rapashey makes it one of the cheapest options. 3tbsp rapashy. 4 oz boil water . No stirring needed. Try it out.

[@MikeTytula]

Repashy is much more expensive in canada haha

[@steveplays5408]

@@MikeTytula I'm in canada northergecko sell 6.6 lb for 75 bucks. I know it's on sale but it's on sale alot thsts 2994 grams. 3 table spons of media is 34 grams. So 2994/34 is 88 cultues. 75/88 is 85 cents per cultur and you dont need to add vinegar like you do with other media's. So there's another few cents saved per cultue. All you need to do is 3 table spoons media 4 oz water. And no need to mix.

[@steveplays5408]

Even at the none sale price of 90 bucks that works out to 1.02 $ per culture. If there are cheaper options I'd love to give them a try. Can you let me know what they are ? Looking for pre-made stuff not diy just easier for me😃

[@Luke-dk4ei]

What’s your recipe? Smell of both the repashy and your recipe?

[@Luke-dk4ei]

Also, think about recycling given all the plastic waste

[@MikeTytula]

I know I want to recycle I just don't have the time to go through and clean all my cultures. Repashy smells fine, and mine smells like cinnamon

[@susankamody6064]

You do need to buy the first culture right?

[@MikeTytula]

Correct

[@bowrzpetz08]

I got lucky and took advantage of the free fruit fly tubes timberline gave out at narbc Arlington. So I never needed to purchase fruit flies

[@ddtruthfinder81]

Whats the point of the coffee filters? Just to take up space? id think the excelsior would be better all the way around, so they can climb down walk over the fruit substrate, where as the coffee filters, walking down the inner cone wouldnt do them that much justice being the inner funnel wouldnt let them walk across the fruit, they would have to climb back out and walk down the outter cone of the coffee funnel you u made? Love your vids though!!

[@MikeTytula]

A lot of people prefer coffee filters because it doesn’t make the mess that excelsior does. I just use both, because why not.

[@ddtruthfinder81]

@@MikeTytula haha, cool man, ty for responding back bro!!!

[@MikeTytula]

Of course!

[@user-vl2zh6bj6x]

@@ddtruthfinder81 valid point thanks for your insight

[@mellewedin8221]

This is 2 years old,but thank you bro.

[@MikeTytula]

Glad it helped!

[@Gacha_Ed]

how do i stop them from rotting?

[@MikeTytula]

Are you using your own media? Or are you making someone elses mix?

[@carlarojas6941]

And when do you need to make a new culture

[@MikeTytula]

Every couple weeks

[@jayydickerson2891]

I feed these to my baby black widows, so this will come in handy

[@MikeTytula]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@brentboudreau4360]

I just bought a culture from a local pet store......they were labelled "Flightless", but when I opened the lid, a bunch flew out....should I return it? Thanks!

[@MikeTytula]

Yes definitely return it haha

[@brentboudreau4360]

@@MikeTytula I returned the culture and got a different one...the flies in the new one are whitish with red eyes

[@MikeTytula]

nice

[@tomrobertson6747]

A culture of mine is doing something I wasn't expecting. The flies seem lethargic. I am feeding them to praying mantids and a surprising number of mantids are dying. Could the 2 problems be related?

[@MikeTytula]

So hard to tell. Could be that the media is fermenting and turning into Alcohol

[@tomrobertson6747]

@@MikeTytula The whole culture seems moist. Maybe the older the culture, the more chance that mantids will get poisoned by eating the flies.

[@MikeTytula]

Never heard anything like that before tbh

[@tomrobertson6747]

@@MikeTytula They seem to have problems digesting the flies. One has been eating a fly for more than an hour and its abdomen doesn't seem to show any food in it. It's like it's not fully swallowing the fly and can't finish eating it.

[@MikeTytula]

I'm guess those are probably just the weak mantises that would died either way. But hard to say, I have only raised one ootheca

[@ilTHfeaa]

Where the heck do you get the cups with the lids

[@MikeTytula]

Uhh you can buy them many places online.

[@ilTHfeaa]

@@MikeTytula do they need the fancy ventilated lids? I cant find those anywhere but i can find the cups everywhere . Just not the lids

[@MikeTytula]

@@ilTHfeaa Where are you located?

[@ilTHfeaa]

@@MikeTytula ontario canada

[@ilTHfeaa]

@@MikeTytula wait i just realized josh's frogs does ship to canada i thought they didnt but it's just their live stuff they dont ship! I can get them there

[@SiggyPony]

Funny story. I don't need wingless fruit flies. I breed winged ones..... free range. They keep the jumping spiders in my house feed and their cute too :) I have hundreds at any one time. Every now and then I leave some fruit in a cup for them to get their numbers up :)

[@SiggyPony]

That said..... you do have to hide any fruit you don't want to loose..... The sneaky buggers do tend to get into things :)

[@MikeTytula]

I guess that's one way of doing things!

[@keridwenx6457]

Ew bro 😭😭😭😭

[@shotgunbettygaming]

Wow. $65 for plastic cups LOL!! I actually came here for a fly food recipe LOL

[@MikeTytula]

I have a couple

[@hollanderson]

Note to self: 7:35

[@MikeTytula]

Noted haha

[@eggmapping7848]

I just wanna keep fruit flies as pets

[@MikeTytula]

Go for it!

[@tomlewitt]

I'm having no real success, even after trying 3 different media types seen on YT. What always happens is that the flies aren't interested in the media! They just head straight up the sides, to the top of the container. It has an excellent see-through nylon mesh, so the ventilation is not the problem. The flies never hang around down the bottom and roam on the media.. Why is this? I've prepared the media very carefully, re hyrdration level etc. ...Many thanks

[@MikeTytula]

Sooo this recipe ended up working? Also, keep in mind the media is mostly for raising the larvae of the flies, not so much for the flies themselves. With that said, a lot of the time isn't spent on the media, especially shortly after introducing new flies into the container.

[@tomlewitt]

@@MikeTytula Many thanks for replying..I haven't tried your one yet as I was on the verge of giving up trying. It's good to get your feedback re flies and what they do with the media. Yes they don't seem to go near it, right at the start.

[@MikeTytula]

@@tomlewitt Ya it takes the cultures weeks to settle and even longer to start producing.

[@tomlewitt]

@@MikeTytula Many thanks Mike. And doing some research, I was amazed at the difference caused by minimal temperature change . Eg just going from 64F (18c) to 72F (22c) almost doubles the speed of fly production! (The Berg Lab -Introduction to fruit flies)

[@leftistcancerlgblm7329]

This stuff is really messy so... imma do it right where I sleep

[@MikeTytula]

Hahahah accurate!

[@jasmineerd8206]

5 cultures a week for 4 dart frogs?! What?

[@MikeTytula]

Definitely don't do that anymore lol. I had a lot more frogs at the time.

[@camerongarson9963]

HOW THE FUCK DID I GET HERE !?!?!?!?!?!

[@MikeTytula]

who knows honestly

[@Vahrano]

5.50 I think your fly is broken bro

[@MikeTytula]

Oh it was for sure!

[@tsohgallik]

Ugh, wow so thats how these things are made😅😅😅 they look so gross on the shelf ong god idk having thid being a thing😅

[@MikeTytula]

haha they are the easiest, cheapest feeder to keep and produce.

[@ripinpacks8301]

Is a wingless fly still a fly or is it a walk-e 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MikeTytula]

Hahah I think it remain a flightless fly haha