growing maggots

[lostfisher1]

I left a container of maggots in my car from my last fishing trip. When i found them they were in their cacoon stage. Since i am trying to grow my own waxworms I thought i would see if the maggots would hatch. Well, this morning i looked at the container and noticed one of the cacoons have hatched. So soon i will have flys, and hopefilly i will get some maggots. What do i do next? I have searched for a while online and can not find anything.

[ejones1961]

Give them some meat

[father of 4]

Raid

[REDBOAT]

Just put some flies in a jar with some meat..

[deathb4disco]

What do i do next?

Here you go. I got this off an Irish site:

Go to the butcher and get a beef heart (for a 1/2 pint of gozzers which are like extra lrge extra juicy maggots)
Put it in a biscuit tin with holes punched in, this is because the bluebottle lays its eggs in the dark. And leave it out in the garged for a day.
What you want to get is a patch or 2 of fly eggs the size of a 2 euro coin.
Then take the heart and wrap it up in a newspaper like a fish & chips package, and wait 5-10 days.
There is no smell as the newspaper keeps it in.
Open every few days to check. It will stink a bit, but the maggots get bigger and finish off the meat, leaving only stringy bits. When th meat is gone, tip them into sawdust or bran (not so good) to clean themselves.

[GRIZZ]

What do i do next?

UHH, toss the whole mess and go buy some, or get some berkley maggots.

[deathb4disco]

go buy some

That's what I do. Much less mess.

[colt100]

waxies would have to get awfuly expensive for me to even think of growing them myself. Yuk!