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 Red commercial larvae
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| Isidro |
Posted on 22-10-2007 14:54
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2070 Joined: 26.04.07 |
The subject sound strange, but it's the case. These Diptera larvae are sold in pet shops for feed reptiles, etc and in sport shops for fishing. I never saw it in the wild. I caught them in a house of a friend that breed reptiles, for feed my Libelloides larvae. Each larva sizes about 7-8 mm and now I have all in pupae. I'm waiting the born of the adults. Someone can help me to ID?    Thanks |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 22-10-2007 15:12
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
I think some sarcophagid species are reared for this purpose. The red colour comes from an artificial dye in the food; it is not a natural property of the species. If you use the larvae as food for pets, you should probably buy white, ie. uncoloured larvae. Kahis |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 22-10-2007 15:33
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I've seen them sold for fishing bait, and they can be coloured yellow, green, blue and even flourescent colours too. They also come in various flavours - aniseed, vanilla, caramel - yum, yum!  Most of the ones I've seen have been Calliphora, rather than Sarcophaga. Edited by Tony Irwin on 22-10-2007 15:35 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 22-10-2007 15:43
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2070 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Ohhhhhh   I think that the striking colour are natural to the species... but I would like to see fluorescent larvae The pupae are slighly smaller than the ones that I've seen from Calliphora. I wait the adult born... and then I could identify... |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 22-10-2007 19:15
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
go to a cave, Isidro... you will see lots of fluorescent larvae.  |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 26-10-2007 15:37
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2070 Joined: 26.04.07 |
The first fly was born. So, I have Lucilia larvae. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 26-10-2007 21:16
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
to eat? Bueno.. bueno..  Que aproveche la cena. |
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| Andy Chick |
Posted on 30-11-2007 14:42
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Member Location: Under a pile of unidentifed flies! Posts: 58 Joined: 30.11.07 |
Kahis wrote: I think some sarcophagid species are reared for this purpose. The red colour comes from an artificial dye in the food; it is not a natural property of the species. If you use the larvae as food for pets, you should probably buy white, ie. uncoloured larvae. sarcophagids dont tend to produce enough offspring to be "comercially viable" it tends to be calliphorids, i wouldnt recomend them as myasis is a very real possiblity! Edited by Andy Chick on 30-11-2007 14:44 |
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