State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, National Engineering Research Centre of Microbial Pesticides, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China.
J Insect Sci. 2010;10:202. doi: 10.1673/031.010.20201.
Current methods for mass-rearing black soldier flies, Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), in the laboratory are dependent on sunlight. Quartz-iodine lamps and rare earth lamps were examined as artificial light sources for stimulating H. illucens to mate and lay eggs. Sunlight was used as the control. Adults in the quartz-iodine lamp treatment had a mating rate of 61% of those in the sunlight control. No mating occurred when the rare earth lamp was used as a substitute. Egg hatch for the quartz-iodine lamp and sunlight treatments occurred in approximately 4 days, and the hatch rate was similar between these two treatments. Larval and pupal development under these treatments required approximately 18 and 15 days at 28°C, respectively. Development of methods for mass rearing of H. illucens using artificial light will enable production of this fly throughout the year without investing in greenhouse space or requiring sunlight.
目前在实验室中大量饲养黑水虻（Hermetia illucens（L.））（双翅目：Stratiomyidae）的方法依赖于阳光。研究了石英碘灯和稀土灯作为人工光源，以刺激黑水虻交配和产卵。以阳光作为对照。在石英碘灯处理组中，成虫的交配率为自然光对照组的 61%。当使用稀土灯作为替代品时，没有发生交配。石英碘灯和阳光处理的卵孵化大约在 4 天内发生，这两种处理的孵化率相似。在 28°C 下，幼虫和蛹的发育分别需要大约 18 天和 15 天。开发使用人工光大量饲养黑水虻的方法将使这种蝇全年都能生产，而无需投资温室空间或需要阳光。
