AMAZING SPEED

Unlike vermiculture and compost bins, the rate of digestion can actually be observed over the course of 1-2 days, instead of weeks or months. An interesting point to mention is that many gardeners who had been conscientiously diverted food scraps to their worm or compost bin for years have wondered why all of the kitchen waste seemingly disappeared almost overnight without a significant trace. Many have theorized unruly pets, hungry raccoons, obnoxious kids, etc. In a lot instances, it was actually the black soldier fly grubs hard at work decomposing your garbage. And you thought someone was stealing your banana peels!

WILL EAT RAW WASTE

Most species of flies cannot eat raw food scraps, unless the waste first undergoes a certain level of bacterial decomposition. However, because the Black Soldier Fly larvae have very strong mouth parts and powerful digestive enzymes, they can easily ingest raw waste faster and more efficiently than virtually any other species. See the time lapse photos for a first hand observation. Because the food is eaten so quickly, anaerobic bacteria never have a chance to degrade the scraps, thus no foul smelling odors are produced.