Thursday, June 19, 2008

Extra Feeding " Culturing Drosophila for Swiftlet"

I am culturing different kind of Drosophila for Swiftlets, as most market available Culturing Powder only produce one type of fly. The ingredients that we put inwill produce different kind of flies. As we know different fruits attract different flies.So adding different kind of fruit extracts and culturing base shall produce different kind of flies.


(All labeled with ingredient & formulation so that it won’t mix-up)

Wouldn’t it be great with a single culturing powder with a multiple mix formulation that could produce few kinds of Drosophila? That is exactly what I am doing. As more varieties of fly available in your farm, it will attract more birds. I am culturing about 5 mixed formulations with different kind of fruit base. In about 5-7 days they should show some results. This means that in a single jar you would have few different types of fly (D.Melonogaster, D.Funebis, etc)



(Turned yellow /orange, reaction)

It’s just like we are going to a buffet fest and the restaurant only serves one dish and the next door restaurant serves 5-10 dishes, so which one would you go to? I guess most of you knew the answer already.



(Different ingredient base)


Swiftlets like to fest, most of the time you will see them in colonies charging at group of different insects especially after rain. So if your farm has varieties of Drosophila it will attract more birds than those that have only one type of flies or none.