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    If you can provide a fine mesh top, then the fruit flies can't escape. Unfortunately, you have to make one yourself as no one manufactures one presently. If I still made silk screens for a living I would be making them.

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    I'm actually writing a huge article about fruit flies right now. The photos for it are in my albums if you want an idea of what's coming.
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    Does anyone have experience of curly winged flies, wheres best to buy them from and how to keep them, what they eat etc please ?

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    Anybody please ????

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    Tropicok...To keep my fruit fly in, I use netting from the old netting curtains. It works really well as you can still put your enclosure lid on over top.

    Sorry firefly, I cant help you.

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    If you mean the curly winged fruit flies, there's ~no difference in culturing them to the other kinds.
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    Quote Originally Posted by firefly View Post
    Does anyone have experience of curly winged flies, wheres best to buy them from and how to keep them, what they eat etc please ?
    Here you go

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    Curly-winged housefly (Musca domestica), if this is what you are after most good reptile shops in the UK can order them, Dartfrog has culture food .

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    Thanks Beetle - these were the things I was thinking of, the fruit flies are too small I think for my FBTs.

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    Curly-winged housefly (Musca domestica), if this is what you are after most good reptile shops in the UK can order them, Dartfrog has culture food .

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    Carrion flies are not fun to culture - the stench and the bacteria risks pretty much make it impractical for the majority of people.
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