$15 each or 2 cultures for $25
Flightless fruit flies are the perfect food for young manti nymphs until they are large enough to take small house flies and other small insects (usually about 3-4 weeks.) Drosophila melanogaster are the smaller of the two fruit fly species used for feeding Chinese Mantis. (The larger species are drosophila Hydei). We also have Chinese Mantis nymphs available for sale. $15 each or 2 for $25. You can download our basic mantis care guide by clicking here.
Fruit Fly Culture (Melanogaster)
Caring for Flightless Fruit Flies:
The flies have everything they need inside the container in which they are shipped, just feed to your animal as needed by shaking out any amount of flies. Make sure always to keep a few flies in the culture for breeding purposes. Our 32oz deli cups contains over 50 adult flies with medium and can produce over 500 flies over the life of the culture.
For preservation, the culture should be stored at room temperature and kept out of direct sunlight.Do you live far from Saskatoon and need a reptile shipped to your location in Canada - no problem. We work with Reptile Express and Reptile Runner - two delivery companies specializing in Reptile Transportation. As weather warms, we have also experienced success with ExpressPost for Canadian Shipping.