Live Fly Pupae Care Sheet

Fly Pupae

PetWave fly pupae are pupae of the House Fly (Mustica domestica) and are bred to produce live flies for feeding to your pet. Flies have four stages of life: egg, larvae, pupa and adult fly. Fly Pupae transform into a fly 4 to 5 days after purchasing.

PetWave Premium Quality Flies can be added to the diet of many animals to help provide variety in a balanced and naturally nutritious diet. As active movers, live flies are also perfect for animals who are stimulated by the movement of live food in order to eat.

Flies Pupae are suitable for feeding to the following pets:

  • Lizards
  • Frogs
  • Turtles
  • Fish
  • Insect eating birds
  • Spiders
  • Wildlife

Feeding Flies to Your Pet: Feed the Flies at a rate that allows your pet to eat them immediately or if only a small number of flies are required, you can put a small number of fly pupae into your pet’s enclosure and they will become flies within a few days.

Type of Animal

Examples

Suggested No of Flies per Meal

Small birds, small lizards, turtles, fish, mice, small mammals & frogs

Green Tree Frog, Geckos, Blue Wrens, Gouldian Finches, Large Cichlid, Barramundi, Oscars, etc

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Feeding Your Fly Pupae: You do not need to feed your fly pupae.

Toxic fumes can be very dangerous to your fly pupae including insecticides, cleaning products, dog shampoos, flea products, car fumes, smoke, etc.

Housing Your Live Fly Pupae: Live flies pupae will develop into flies within a week.

Their development can be slowed for an extra week or so by refrigerating at about 6 Degrees C.  After 2 weeks, the amount of flies that will be produced declines.

If only a small amount of flies are needed, simply take a teaspoon of pupae from the fridge and put them into your animal enclosure. A few days later flies will emerge and become a pleasant snack for your pet.

Frozen Fly Pupae: Frozen fly pupae will not hatch into flies. They will last two weeks in a refrigerator or up to 6 months in a freezer.

Feeding Frozen Fly Pupae to Your Pet: Thaw the frozen fly pupae before feeding. For animals that are stimulated to eat by movement, mix the thawed fly pupae with live food such as mealworms.

PetWave sells two types of Fly Pupae:

  • Live Fly Pupae
  • Frozen Fly Pupae

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