Wingless House Flies?

[Tzunu un]

Thanks Lynn.

I think that your link is great as it is straightforward and layperson friendly.

"Curly" and "vestigial" are the two most commonly encountered "flightless" mutations in Drosophila stocks....for those interested there are others as well.

[irThumper]

This article by Frank Indiviglio only mentions flightless houseflies in passing, but it's a good article on flies as feeders in general Houseflies and Maggots as Food for Reptiles, Amphibians and Invertebrates

[flybyferns]

Thanks Lynn.

I think that your link is great as it is straightforward and layperson friendly.

"Curly" and "vestigial" are the two most commonly encountered "flightless" mutations in Drosophila stocks....for those interested there are others as well.

I'm interested. I'm sure others will be as well.
I don't want to hijack - this- Lisa's 'house fly' thread though.
I'll start a new thread for the FF?

[manderkeeper]

I have not seen any available curly winged house flies in the US, might have to import them if you really want them and hope you can sell enough cultures to get your money back. Carolina has a house fly rearing kit but for frogs I think I'd be tempted to try my own hand at it if I were going to go winged anyway. I've purchased maggots from Grubco before but I was using the maggots directly as food for salamanders but at this point I am content to just capture them during the summer months. If I had a really large collection, I'd give this a shot.

[km57]

I am in the process of trying my milk frogs on blue bottle flies, obtained in caster form from my local
fishing tackle shop, none of hatched yet so cannot comment any further


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