Fruit Fly Cultures 5 types of flies

Buy Drosophila hydei Flightless Fruit Fly Cultures - Superior Feeder Insects for Medium to Large Reptiles & Amphibians

Enhance your pet’s diet with Drosophila hydei flightless fruit fly cultures—an excellent live food source for medium to large reptiles and amphibians. Drosophila hydei are known for their larger size, slow movement, and unique flightless trait, making them the ideal feeder insect for chameleons, frogs, geckos, and other insectivores that need more substantial prey.

**Why Choose Drosophila hydei Flightless Fruit Flies?**

Flightless and Easy to Manage: Drosophila hydei are naturally flightless due to a genetic mutation that affects wing development. While they have wings, these flies are unable to fly because their wings are underdeveloped or deformed, making them easy to contain and feed to your pets.
Larger Size for Bigger Pets: With their larger body size, Drosophila hydei flightless fruit flies are ideal for feeding medium to large reptiles, amphibians, and insectivores that require bigger prey items.
High Nutritional Value: Our Drosophila hydei fruit flies are raised on a specially formulated, nutrient-rich medium, ensuring they provide a protein-packed and balanced diet essential for your pet’s health and growth.
Consistent and Abundant Reproduction: Our cultures are established and thriving with active, reproducing flightless flies, providing a continuous and reliable food source for your pets.

Ideal for Feeding:

Dart Frogs
Baby Chameleons
Small Mantises
Jumping Spiders
Micro Geckos
Small Lizards and More!

**Order Your Drosophila melanogaster Wingless Fruit Fly Cultures Today!**

Give your small insectivores the best live food available. Our Drosophila melanogaster wingless fruit fly cultures are ready to ship, providing you with a nutritious and easy-to-handle feeder insect that your pets will thrive on. Order now and enjoy fast shipping and our live arrival guarantee!

Golden Hydei Fruit Fly
Drosophila hydei 'Golden'

Drosophila Hydei are the largest size of fruit flies at 1/8"
Golden Hydei are a lighter color form of the popular dark colored hydei fruit fly
Although Hydei fruit flies have wings they are unable to fly or flutter
Cultures should be kept between 70°F - 80°F. Under 70° cultures will start to slow down and not reproduce. Above 80° cultures could develop the ability to fly
Cultures will begin producing in about 3 weeks

***The pictures and videos were taken on 8/24/2024 and are examples of what a fresh culture looks like (8/23) and what a producing culture looks like (8/6)***