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# Add a handful of Excelsior.
# Add a handful of Excelsior.
# Add 50-100 fruit flies from the producing mix.
# Add 50-100 fruit flies from the producing mix.
# Wait 2 weeks if melanogasters, 3-4 if hydei.
# Wait 2 weeks if ''melanogaster'', 3-4 if ''hydei''.

Revision as of 16:27, 18 March 2024

Materials

  • Fruit fly culture mix
  • Fruit fly culture cups with mesh lids
  • Excelsior
  • Fruit fly culture that is currently producing

Directions

  1. Buy fly culture mix (I.e., Repashy Superfly), fly culture cups with mesh lids, Excelsior, and a producing fruit fly culture.
  2. Mix with hot water per instructions. Let cool.
  3. Add a handful of Excelsior.
  4. Add 50-100 fruit flies from the producing mix.
  5. Wait 2 weeks if melanogaster, 3-4 if hydei.