Feeding strategies for small-scale rearing black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) as organic waste recycler

Abstract Processing organic waste using black soldier fly (BSF)-based technology offers a promising alternative for sustainable management and urban sanitation. This study was conducted to assess the influence of feeding strategies on efficacy BSF larvae recycle wastes into value products. Fruit chicken manure were used as samples while commercial feed control, processed 15 days in circular plastic containers (Ø 30 × 12 cm) with 50; 100; 150; 200 mg/larva/day continuous batch diets, 500 four-day-old per diet, repeated four times. Larval survival rates not significantly affected by strategies. However, average larval biomass 83.69 ± 13.04 g 82.46 08.52 achieved strategies, respectively, under favorable conditions. reduction ranged from 24.65 03.48% 72.78 01.48% 24.52 0.27% 72.25 12.13% different daily diets. On other hand, bioconversion 13.34 0.26% 50.82 02.27%, highest values observed confirms thrive substrates shows that strategy can be better enhance small-scale management.