Advances in substrate source composition for rearing black soldier fly larvae as a protein source
摘要
Over the past decade, the black soldier fly (BSF, Hermetia illucens (L.), Diptera: Stratiomyidae) has become one of the most commonly used insects for feed production worldwide (van Huis, 2020). This is primarily due to the wide range of substrates that the larvae can be reared on, along with the high waste-to-biomass conversion efficiency of the larvae (Gold et al., 2018). This versatility of substrate use by fly larvae has made them nature’s own waste managers (Fowles and Nansen, 2020).