I'm learning that the BSF larvae have their food preferences. The potatoes that can be seen in the video were added two days ago. As you can see in the video, the larvae concentrate under the potatoes, but it appears that none of them have eaten any. I also added a jalapeno pepper two days ago and it is untouched. A peach that I put in late last night was gone this morning. I've put in a few whole bananas and several peels. The fruit is eaten right away, but not the peels.
I'm going to decrease the amount of new scraps so that I can see what happens to these uneaten items when less food is available. Pretty soon I'll be adding a fresh whole fish to see if the BSF will consume it before it gets stinky.
It's much more pleasant to work with the bin now that the other fly species are absent. At least it only took a few days for them to pass through.
