Our local pet stores sell them, Tom. They come with enough flies to last you a few days. If you buy enough, and save back some of the colony you can keep them going for quite a while. YOu will need to transfer them over to new media etc. They are quite easy to grow...I worked with them a lot in a genetics class a few years ago. They are tiny. They are also fairly easy to culture from the wild. Just leave a brown banana outside in the Spring and you will be able to capture plenty ;O)

Kind Regards,

John

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