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Insect-based Processing of Biodegradable Waste
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Below are pictures highlighting Black Soldier flies engaged in processing and recycling food scrap wastes.
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Image of Black Soldier flies mating - passing on life to a new generation.
Images of Black Soldier fly egg clusters deposited in food scrap recycling bin lids.
Size of newborn BSF larvae relative to a US quarter
Size of BSF prepupae relative to a US quarter
Black Soldier fly larvae feeding on food scrap wastes.
Adult female BSF depositing an egg clutch on vegetable waste inside BSF processing bin.
Newly hatched Black Soldier fly larvae collected from a Black Soldier fly nursery.
Image of Black Soldier fly larvae processing food scrap leachate (the liquid fraction recovered from decaying food scrap).
Image of young Black Soldier fly larvae harvested from food scrap bin before reaching the prepupa stage.
Image of Black Soldier fly larvae trapped in water catch basin placed beneath exit site of food scrap processing bin.
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BSF and Larvae at Varying Stages of Their Life Cycle
BSF Consuming Fish Carcass Placed in Food Scrap Bin
Image of large Tuna carcass a few hours after placing it inside a Black Soldier fly Food Scrap recycling bin.
Image of Tuna carcass approximately 24 hours later - only the skeleton and outer head scales remain.
BSF Prepupae Containment Bin Used to Collect Larvae Exiting from Food Scrap Recycling Bin
Image of DipTerra LLC Black Soldier Fly Food Scrap Recycler set inside Prepupae Containment Bin.
Inside view of Pre-pupae Containment Bin.
Outside view of Containment Bin showing exit hole through which prepupae crawl in seeking a place to pupate.
Top down view of DipTerra LLC Black Soldier Fly Food Scrap Recycler resting inside Pre-pupae Containment Bin.
Exit port of Prepupae Containment Bin showing where pre-pupae exit and drop into collection bucket.
Herps Feeding on Young Larvae
Image of Frilled dragon ready to to strike - his eyes are fixed on a young Black Soldier larval meal (see arrow).
Leopard geeko admiring a young Black Soldier fly larva just before gulping it down.

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Examples - Conversion of Trash Bins and Totes Into BSF Propagation Bioreactors (PBRs) 
Commonly available plastic bins and totes can be easily converted into BSF Propagation Bioreactors (PBR's) as illustrated in the accompanying pictures. Adult females attracted to food waste added to the PBRs enter through holes drilled into the walls and lids of the PBRs and deposit egg clutches inside the PBRs which subsequently hatch in a matter of a few days. New larvae hatching from the egg clutches proliferate in the waste. Upon reaching the prepupae stage in their life-cycle they self-harvest from the waste through vent holes drilled through the walls of the units, pupate, re-emerge as adults, mate and return to the PBRs in sustaining their colony. PBRs can be used as a simple means of propagating and growing BSF on food scrap wastes.
Video Pictures of Adult BSF in Working Propagation Workstation and Egg Clutch Deposits on Walls and Edges of Propagation Bioreactors