Apparatus and method for breeding black soldier flies

An apparatus for breeding Black Soldier Flies, the apparatus comprising:

• a fly enclosure defining an interior fly space, the fly enclosure having an enclosure sidewall comprising at least one lure port in communication with the interior fly space;
• a pupae cartridge coupled to the at least one lure port on a first side of the enclosure sidewall;
• one or more lure lighting devices, each lure lighting device being operable to emit lure light having a first wavelength range that attracts the Black Soldier Flies, wherein each lure lighting device is spaced apart from the enclosure sidewall on a second side thereof, opposite the first side, so that the lure light emitted by that lure lighting device is visible through the at least one lure port to draw the Black Soldier Flies from the pupae cartridge, through the at least one lure port and into the interior fly space, the first wavelength range having a lower limit of 280 nanometers and an upper limit of 400 nanometers;
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• one or more mating lighting devices, each mating lighting device being operable to emit mating light having a second wavelength range that induces the Black Soldier Flies in the interior fly space to mate, each mating lighting device being oriented so that the mating light emitted by that mate lighting device illuminates the interior fly space, the second wavelength range having a lower limit of 380 nanometers and an upper limit of 740 nanometers.