Black Flightless Fruit Fly (D. hydei)

The Advantages of Feeding Your Animals Fruit Flies

1. Nutrition: fruit flies are very nutritious.
2. Most animals eagerly chow down the fruit flies, so they must be very tasty and appealing.
3. Fruit flies often draw a feeding response in finicky eaters or animals that are on a hunger strike. Maybe this is because they are so delicious and perhaps also because fruit flies move around vigorously, which draws the attention of herps and entices them to eat.
4. Fruit flies are a cinch to care for. You don't need to feed them. They'll be fine in the container they are shipped in at 60-90°. And, the fruit flies do not need to be refrigerated.
5. Fruit flies offered with other live feeders will give your pet the needed variety they require in their diet and therefore maximize your animal's good health. They can also be fed as a staple if dusted.
6. Fruit flies don't make any racket like some annoying live feeders.