Kara Asker Sineği Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758): Biyoloji, Üretim ve Hayvan Beslemede Kullanımı

Abstract

Meeting the food needs of growing world population is one of the most important global problems of our time. It is widely emphasized that the need will be much more serious in the coming decades and that radical measures should be taken at this point. The ongoing search for alternatives at this point has shown that insects can be one of the ideal sources for feeding of human and especially livestock. Many insect species have been focused in the related investigations, and the results showed that particularly black soldier fly is the most ideal species in many aspects. The species, which has advantages such as ease of production, feeding on organic wastes, potential for utilization of organic wastes as an organic fertilizer, being nature friendly and largely nutritional content of larvae, has begun to be widely produced in many parts of the world in recent decade. Related data and reports reveal the significance of this fly species in the worldwide food shortage issue with a very assertive certainty. In this review, the issues of biology, morphology, farming in Turkey conditions, nutritional content and use for animal nutrition of the fly have been elaborated in detail, and almost all the current data that both possible producers and related researchers can benefit from are presented in an integrated manner.