Under natural conditions, black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), colonizes in warm temperateregions. Information on black soldier fly rearing, which is affected by seasonal factors in Korea, is limited. Ovipositionby black soldier flies is dependent on light intensity and wavelength. Therefore, continuous mass rearing of this fly requiresdetermination of optimal artificial conditions of illumination. In this study, we compared the number of eggs laid underan artificial light source (750 watt HPL lamp) versus nature sunlight. Our results showed that compared to ovipositionunder natural sunlight, the use of one or two lamps for 7 hours, resulted in only 43 and 76%, of the total number ofeggs laid under natural sunlight, respectively. The hatching rate under the former was much significantly lower than underthe latter.

• Kwan-Ho Park(Industrial Insect Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA)
• Moon-HeeHan(Industrial Insect Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA)
• SeokhyunLee(Industrial Insect Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA)
• Eun-SunKim(Industrial Insect Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA)
• Myung-Ha Song(Industrial Insect Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA)
• Won-Tae Kim(Industrial Insect Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA)
• Ji-Young Choi(Industrial Insect Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA)