Today I dressed out 25 female BG (many thanks to ewest for his insight on sex identification). Every one was female and row laden in different stages.
As I was cleaning them, I found it exciting to find nearly every one of them had Black Soldier Fly Larva in their stomachs. So apparently they're letting them sink before eating them, because I seldom see them feed on the surface.
13 of them found their way into some hot oil with fries, hush puppies and cole slaw. They weren't the biggest BG by any means, but they sure did taste good.
Sounds great! Smart to not harvest the largest BG, too.
