Good question Charlie. I was wondering the very same thing and joined this forum specifically to participate in this discussion.
I don't have a pond and the only fish I have are the ones in the lake off my beach down the road (I live in Canada on the north shore of lake Erie) but I am interested in the black soldier fly.
I first heard about the BSF in a vermiculture forum as I have begun my own worm bins. To feed my worms I grind up vegetable/fruit scraps in a food processor to make it easier for the little critters to digest the food. If the BSF consumes whole scraps as quickly as claimed, I've been curious about whether having them break down the food first would be a labour-saving step in my worm project. From what I understand BSF larvae also consume meat where the worms are mainly vegetarians. It would be nice to be able to have the fly larvae consume all of our household "wet" compostable scraps then feed the resulting compost to the worms.
Just this morning I started my own trial BSF "bin" in a 5 gal pail. I want to see if I can attract BSF and establish a colony. If successful, I'm seriously considering investing in a BioPod but have two concerns: 1. how do I keep the colony alive and functioning over the winter and 2. what do I do with the all pre-pupae larvae?
Anyway, I'm going to keep reading all the other posts in this thread to learn more. Thanks for letting me chime in. Barbara.
