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title: ""A black soldier fly larva can consume twice its weight in food each…"
date: 2019-07-03
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# "A black soldier fly larva can consume twice its weight in food each…

*July 3, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://calgaryherald.com/news/world/maggots-are-the-answer-to-feeding-a-human-population-thats-heading-to-nine-billion-people/wcm/50fed428-8f02-473f-b8e6-9b64cc87f113?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1562181291](https://calgaryherald.com/news/world/maggots-are-the-answer-to-feeding-a-human-population-thats-heading-to-nine-billion-people/wcm/50fed428-8f02-473f-b8e6-9b64cc87f113?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1562181291){target="_blank"}
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\"A black soldier fly larva can consume twice its weight in food each day. On its 14-day journey from hatchling to pupa, a single larva will grow nearly an inch long and increase its weight by a factor of 10,000. That's akin to an eight-pound baby swelling to the size of a 40-ton humpback whale. They binge eat to store up nutrients for their two-week life span as adults, when they typically don't eat anything at all.\"\
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