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Eco-friendly Treatment to Agricultural Waste: Black Soldier Fly Farming

Product Type: All
Stage: All
Problem: Agricultural waste recycling.
Solution: Feeding black soldier fly larvae to eat up agricultural wastes.
 
1.  Black soldier flies are unlikely to spread infectious diseases as other types of fly do. 
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larvae of black soldier fly (photo by: 賴郁薇)
 
2. Black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is a type of saprophagous insect. Larval black soldier
flies eat food scraps, animal feces, dead animals and plants for living. With high content of protein, they could be great ingredient of animal feeds. Black soldier fly farming could be a good way to treat agricultural waste to achieve ecological cycle.
 
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