Fly guys
By Chinese Business View-Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2015-05-26 13:43:43
Technician Yang Lei checks on the breeding of the black soldier flies. Photo: CFP
Editor's Note:
A city in Shaanxi Province kicked off their foray into organic waste management with a fly breeding program in April 2014.

Five technicians at the Weinan city facility are charged with overseeing the breeding of black soldier fly larvae, a species prized for its extreme efficiency in the bioconversion of food waste.

Living at the facility, the young men work long hours making sure the larvae are attended to. Photos: CFP

Yan Xingyu carries plates used for breeding black soldier fly larvae in an incubation room. Photo: CFP
Technician Wang Xinhai checks between plates to monitor breeding. Following the incubation period, Wang will clean out the hatched larva shells. Photo: CFP
Yan Xingyu checks on the growth of larvae. Photo: CFP
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Yan Xingyu admits that he and his coworkers felt uncomfortable caring for the worms when they started about a year earlier. Now they think nothing of holding a handful of worms. Photo: CFP
Yang Lei adjusts the humidity of the incubation room with a giant humidifier. Humidity levels are kept between 70 and 80 percent. Photo: CFP
Yang Lei checks the moisture of the larva feed, made with fermented kitchen waste cut with bran. Photo: CFP
Technician Zhao Gaige sprays water on adult black soldier flies through a white net. During their short lives, adult black soldier flies rarely eat and depend only on water for survival. Photo: CFP
Yan Xingyu takes a break in his dorm. Besides sleep, Yan and his coworkers are willing to spend all day in their office. Photo: CFP
A technician feeds a dog employees at the facility now care for and that they say is a great companion. Photo: CFP