Wingless House Flies?

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I don't know of any supplier in the US recently. There may be someone perhaps that may raise them.

A few years ago (2006 to be exaxt) Arizona Dendrobate Ranch started selling them in the US.
Their website still shows them lsited, but the page appears to be quite old (not updated?) and says that they are backorded. The product reviews on the page are from 2006.
Heres the link: flightless house flies,curly winged house flies

You might want to call /email them to find out. If you do you might want to post the findings here to inform all.


As an reasonable alternative, you can purchase house fly pupae from Mantis Pets.
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You keep the pupae in the fridge to delay development (they say best if limited to two weeks). When ready take the desired number of pupae out and put into the vivarium and they will hatch out (make sure they can't esacape).
I used to do this for day geckos.

Alternatively if you are a fly sadist and don't want fliers, you can hatch them out in another container, then put the container in the fridge temporarily to slow them down / make them immoble, and manually pull off the wings. This way you will have crawlers to add...but with effort.


The flightless curly winged flies are being sold in Great Britain/Europe. The major effort in raising them is to get media that doesn't smell, and also their culture requires different condition for different stages of the fly lifecycle.
A company called Jangala sells them and a odorless proprietary media: Untitled Document
They also have a tutorial on raising them: Curly wing culture

Good luck! and please update if you find a source.

James