Flightless Fruit Flies Culture

Flightless Fruit Flies Culture

(17 reviews)
$7.50

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Flightless Fruit Flies | Buy Live Cultures

Live fruit flies are a great option for feeding small lizards and many species of frogs, especially because of their reproduction cycle. Each culture of flightless fruit flies has a lifespan of about one month, and even after they die they will continually pupate from eggs laid by the adults in the culture! This will allow you to keep fruit flies for a while, as long as they are taken care of accurately. Regular fruit flies should be kept at 70 - 75 degrees and giant fruit flies should be kept at 78 - 83 degrees. If the culture is not stored at an appropriate temperature, it could possibly mold. The flies have everything they need inside of the container they are shipped in; just feed to your animal as needed! Buy flightless fruit flies from us today!

We advise that the customer should never remove all of the fruit flies from the Fruit Fly Culture, a few should be left in the vial for breeders. This will increase the lifespan of the vial and result in the need to buy fruit flies less often.

  • Each Live Flightless Fruit Fly Culture contains 40-50 medium adult flies. 
  • Cultures should be stored at room temperature and kept out of direct sunlight.
Regular fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) are about 1/16"
Giant fruit flies (Drosphila hydei) are about 1/8"

FEEDING INSTRUCTIONS:

Gently tap the top of the culture to knock the fruit flies to the bottom. Remove cover and shake out the desired amount. It is recommended that you dust your flies with a vitamin supplement such as Fluker's Repta-Calcium or Fluker's Repta-Vitamin prior to feeding them to your pet.

SHIPPING INFORMATION:

When will my order ship?
We ship orders Monday-Friday according to the chart below. We do not ship on Saturday or Sunday.
Orders placed before 3 pm CT Tuesday-Thursday and orders placed prior to 10 am CT on Friday will ship same-day provided the selected Shipping Service Level is available that day (noted in green in table below.) If the shipping service level is not available for that day (noted in red in table below), then the order will be shipped on the following business day. Please be aware that same-day shipping may be affected on postal holidays. Same day shipping NOT currently available for USPS shipments on Mondays.
Shipping Service Level Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
FedEx Overnight Priority/Standard Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Monday
FedEx 2nd Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Monday
FedEx Ground Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Monday
FedEx Home-Deilvery Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Monday
FedEx Express Saver 3 Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Monday
USPS First Class Est. Delivery: 2-7 days Ships Tuesday Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day
USPS Priority Mail Est. Delivery: 2-3 days Ships Tuesday Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day Ships Same Day

Which shipping method should I choose? We offer a wide variety of options for shipping your live insects. Using the chart above as reference, our customers can choose which shipping service will work best for them. It is important to take into account that transit times vary greatly between the different options. USPS First Class Mail can take up to 7 business days and Fedex Overnight is a one business day in transit service. What works well for some customers will not always work well for others. If it is during the hot summer months or cold winter months we recommend not using USPS First Class Mail because it is the slowest option and increases the risk of receiving your insects DOA. Make sure to check the weather, carefully taking into account transit time and places that your package will travel through. Also important to consider is the price between the shipping methods: USPS First Class Mail is the cheapest, Fedex Priority Overnight is the most expensive with many options in between. We try to provide as much information as possible but it is ultimately up to the customer to make the best choice based on weather and the quality of delivery services available to your area. 


Live Delivery Guarantee Winter
 
Fluker Farms guarantees live delivery when temperatures are as low as 16 degrees at the destination and/or regional sort facilities. While most fruit fly growers simply refuse to ship at temperatures below this threshold, Fluker Farms recognizes how much you rely on live insect for your pet’s nourishment and feel you should have a choice in the matter. Therefore, we provide the following options when the weather drops to 0-15 degrees (we will not ship to any areas below 0 degrees).

1) Ship Without Guarantee (SWG)-You can choose to have your fruit flies shipped when the night time temperatures are between 0-15 degrees by selecting the SWG option, however, we cannot guarantee live delivery and NO REFUND will be given for insects that do not arrive alive.

2) Hold For Weather (HFW)-If you choose the HFW option, your order may be held up to 7 days while we wait on improved shipping conditions. If after 7 days the weather doesn’t improve enough for your order to be shipped, it will be cancelled and any charges refunded.

For your convenience we offer a variety of shipping methods. Please choose the method that is best suited for the conditions in your area. Keep in mind that although Fluker Farms will replace any crickets that do not arrive alive (subject to the extreme weather policy outlined above), Fluker Farms DOES NOT guarantee any shipping charges. All shipping charges are final and non refundable. Please inspect your packages upon delivery and contact us immediately with any problems. All live insect claims must be made within 2 business days of delivery. To request a claim, please log in to your account to view order history and request a refund for the order in question. All claims will be processed within 2 business days.

Go to Shipping Advisory to see if there are any advisories for your area. States listed in red currently have night-time temperatures of 15 degrees (F) or below: If you have any questions or concerns related to your state or our shipping policy please feel free to contact us or call (800) 735-8537.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17 Reviews

  • 3
    Flightless Fruit Flies

    Posted by Marlaina Junior on Jun 19th 2019

    I received the fruit fly culture on June 10, 2019 with directions for their care. There were plenty of flies in it. I followed the directions carefully. I fed my nymph mantises that day. The next day I noticed that many flies were dead. On the third day, I fed the mantises again but there were many more dead flies in the culture. By June 16, all the flies were dead. I kept the culture, because it looks as though there are larvae on the sides of the vial and some are actually moving. But, I did order more live flies from another company because I have to feed my nymphs and I can't wait for these larvae to hatch. I'll post again if/when the larvae hatch.

  • 2
    Bad Instructions

    Posted by Felix DuCharme on Aug 4th 2018

    Arrived with many dead on bottom, but many still alive so that was okay. In instructions, it says that no care is required, but as my first culture I didn't know that the food on the bottom became a solid and it needed humidity. All died in 2 days, big waste... no reply from support..

  • 5
    Giant Fruit flies Hydei

    Posted by Jim McGuinn on Jul 28th 2018

    We were having record high heat so I chose the overnight priority service. They shipped them the evening before and they arrived before 10:00 am the next morning.

  • 1
    fruit fly culture

    Posted by Katheryn on Jul 15th 2018

    Absolutely the worst online purchase of a fruit fly culture. You expect to receive what is available in pet stores a large jar of flies, but what you get is a small vial and when I say small I mean one inch by two inch in size with about 10 love flies which died in two days and nothing else has produced at all. I had 40 baby chameleons to feed. Don’t waste money.

  • 4
    happy with the purchase

    Posted by Lillian on Jul 9th 2018

    Over all I’m happy with the purchase but I thought I was gonna get more adult flys I got around 10 ... there’s a lot of larva witch is really good , I’ll just have to wait a few more days to feed my fish . G

  • 1
    Hydei fruit flies

    Posted by Katheryn Currey on Jun 27th 2018

    I think I expected the same cultures you find in the pet store but what I received was a small vial of about 20 flies. When I say small I mean a one inch wide by 2 1/2 tall. Says it produces 500 flies. I am trying to feed multiple chameleons so this was a waste of money. Disappointed.

  • 2
    Most arrived dead

    Posted by Tiffany on Jul 12th 2017

    I was outside when the mailman dropped off the package, and opened it immediately when I got inside. Not only are these flies EXTREMELY tiny, but most of them are dead. Not impressed.

  • 5
    Flightless fruit fly culture

    Posted by Nathan on Jun 21st 2017

    They arrived with lots of flies. They laid a lot of eggs and are in the larva stage now. Great product I'm very happy with them and so is my baby anole.

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