Thanks for sharing your progress mrgrackle. I assume you have prepupal larvae migrating out of your colony by now.
Randy, are you seeing a good number of larvae hatching? Did any of the live larvae survive? I suggest you let any final stage larvae pupate near where you want your BioPod. I believe it takes them about 2 weeks to develop into adults and when they emerge they should mate and look for the closest good place to lay their eggs. If you have an active colony they'll find it easily. I've read that they mate on bushes so consider that for your set up.
You might want to keep a few of the final stage (dark colored) larvae for observation so you know when the others are emerging. They will prefer some sand or soil to bury themselves in. If you like I'll send you another shipment of eggs so you have some active larvae when any adults emerge. A week from now seems like good timing.
If you have your own local population of BSF visiting your container then you don't need to worry about releasing any final stage larvae or getting more eggs. If they're coming it should be easy to observe them on a hot sunny day.
