Set-up in insect collection room w/ 23C, 48% humidity.
Today our highly anticipated shipment of BSF larvae arrived! We imported 300 larvae (each) of sizes extra small, small and medium, so 900 total. Via a very interesting and rather eventful dumpster diving excursion, I was able to procure three medium-sized plastic containers so we could keep the different sizes of larvae separate. The larvae were kept on food sent by the supplier (see pictures). I cut 5 1 cm x 1cm square holes in each container, and placed each container on 1.5 cm-tall blocks for ventilation purposes.
I did not transfer the larvae to the containers today (they were kept in the containers in which they were shipped). Larvae were placed in a room with a temperature of 23C and48% humidity. BSF larvae prefer temperatures closer to 28C and humidities of 75%+ so we will transfer them to a growth chamber very soon.
An interesting note: the medium-sized larvae are by far the most active!
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