So after turning my compost I’ve found that I have around a couple hundred of BSF larva in my compost. I decided to take a couple dozen out to treat to my koi as their dinner tonight, but was wondering if this says something bad about my compost? Is this normal? I’d expect a few possibly but not this many. I live in DFW so it gets pretty hot outside this time of year (not sure if that’s a factor or not).
by askanochi
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It isn’t a bad thing, it’s pretty normal if there are any in the area. I add them on purpose to speed up the process
They’re helpful to have, but in my experience I have a lot of them when I have too many greens without sufficient browns. Does that sound like your situation?
I’ve been wondering what those critters were in my drums! Thanks for the ID, and I’m following the other comments to learn if I should change anything too
Decomposers decomposing is a good thing.
It’s what they do.
It only says it is cool enough for them and they have plenty of food. They typically like food scraps and fruit and such rather than leaves and grass. They don’t like it if the compost gets seriously hot. But as others have said, they are doing the job for you so don’t worry about it and if you can use them to feed your fish it’s a win win win situation.