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Composting can be wildly frustrating. Maggots to the rescue

Ready to give up backyard composting because it's too difficult? It may surprise you to learn that prolific (and kind-of-cute ...
KENS

The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work

TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a ...
Daily Graphic

The insect economy: How black soldier flies are reshaping agriculture

Last Wednesday, I visited the Black Soldier Fly for Bio-Circular Economy and Environmental Sustainability (BBEST) project site at Nsawam to have a firsthand understanding and observe its operations ...
Digital Journal

Fly larvae: Costa Rica’s sustainable protein for animal feed

A worker collects black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae at the production plant in Guapiles, Costa Rica - Copyright AFP Ezequiel BECERRA A worker collects ...