An Artificial Light Source Influences Mating and Oviposition of Black Soldier Flies,Hermetia illucens
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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.
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Environmental factors such as light spectra and intensity, specific substrate volatiles, and the physical design of mating cages can significantly influence mating success and fecundity in captive BSF.
“factors such as like light spectra and intensity (Zhang et al. 2010), specific substrate volatiles that attract females for oviposition (Zheng et al. 2013) and even the physical design of mating cages (Grosso et al. 2025) can significantly influence mating success and fecundity in captivity.”
From Beyond the Black Box: Reproductive Strategies of the Black Soldier Fly as a Model for Bridging Evolutionary Biology and Applied Entomology (2026) · cites this paper as Zhang et al. 2010
The Results and Discussion (pages unavailable in our copy) show that light source and intensity affected captive BSF mating, and that oviposition occurred under the quartz-iodine lamp. However, the Results report no statistically significant difference in egg masses between the sunlight and quartz-iodine treatments, so the claim of a significant effect on fecundity overstates this source. The substrate-volatiles and cage-design claims have separate citations and are not judged here. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Zhang, J., Huang, L., He, J., Tomberlin, J. K., Li, J., Lei, C., Sun, M., Liu, Z., & Yu, Z.
- Affiliations
- Huazhong Agricultural University (CN)
- Texas A&M University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Yu, Ziniu
- Venue
- Journal of Insect Science
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2010-12
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 202
- Pages
- 1-7
- ISSN
- 1536-2442 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3029228
- OpenAlex
- W2093412149
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 1.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Insect Science (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BioOne Complete (BioOne) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect Utilization and Effects
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect behavior and control techniques
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Keywords
- Hermetia illucens, artificial lighting, artificial light sources, mating behavior, oviposition, mass rearing, larval development, pupal development, egg hatching rate
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Diptera, Female, Light, Male, Oviposition, Sexual Behavior, Animal
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