BSFL to BSF

[jamest0o0]

Pitd are bad in Apple's at least because they contain arsenic. I'd assume others contain toxins as well, but I'm not sure either.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

Those look like a species of fig not sure though and I feed plums, am doing so a lot right now because of the season and my grandma's plum tree producing faster than we can pick so any split ones but not insect ridden or molded ones that drop to the ground are used for my insects a long with a lot of other greens and veggies. At the moment I am using none of my dry chow because we have too many things producing in our gardens.

Why are plums bad? I use things with pits all the time XD

Andee is absolutely right, these are Figs.

But I pose the same question, anyone have any history of feeding figs to BSFLs, a veilds feeder insects, or directly to a veiled?

 

[JacksJill]

Don't know about feeding figs but can confirm that's what you have. Stone fruit, peach, plum, nectarine, pits contain cyanide.
Following to see if they are a good gut load.

 

[Andee]

Apple's contain cyanide too. And it's only the seed/pit of a stone fruit that contains a compound that when once digested turns into cyanide. It doesn't survive heating etc. But as long as they don't eat the pit it's fine. Same with Apple seeds. And I throw the entire fruit in there with the pit, my roaches eat everything and then leave the pit alone and I pick it up and throw it out.

 

[jamest0o0]

Maybe I mixed arsenic and cyanide up or do they contain both?

 

[Andee]

They don't contain arsenic from what I know, but they do contain a chemical that transforms into cyanide once it's digested. But if it's processed the chemical breaks down and becomes harmless. Flax seeds and macadamia nuts technically contain it as well. But when heated or ground etc, it becomes nothing to worry about. Considering a 150lb adult human can only withstand eating 700 mg of the chemical without dying... yeah I think we are good XD