hehe i think they're just fond of everything. what i do find they don't like are orange peels. i find it interesting because orange oil is used in many cleaning products and insecticides. i've got a seville orange tree in my front yard.. unfortunately seville orange trees are super sour/bitter (some people call them marmalade trees). but their peels do contain a lot of orange oil. the bsf will eat the entire inside of an orange if they can get the smallest crack, rotten spot, stem hole, etc. but will not go through the peel. once on the inside they'll clean it out and leave the peel intact.
hey i was wondering... i've read a few times that bsf have no moving mouth parts, etc. Today found a site that implied that bsf are nectar drinkers...
Haven't seen that anywhere else. Like I said.. I've always read that bsf have "no moving mouth parts." What does that exactly mean.. they really don't eat as adults (which I've always thought) or they don't have a moving mouth aka mandables. do they have a proboscis?
