The Fruit Fly Store

06/10/2026

if you are struggling with hatching flies (real flies, not fruit flies) then you need to checkout my blog page. Spood Oddities has been gracious enough to allow me to post her excellent guide to hatching real flies! Check it and the other blogs out.

Charts and step-by-step visuals included.This guide is for hatching real flies, not flightless fruit flies. Guide credit: This guide is credited to Spood Oddities on Facebook. If your jumping spider suddenly decides that flies are the only acceptable meal, you are not alone. This happens often with....

06/07/2026

Since the honey bears are on back order, I have made new mini bento boxes. They have all the feeders, mealies, lessers, house fly pupae, blue bottle spikes and Peanut Beetle Larvae. They also have the tweezers and the feeding cup. No Fruit Flies.

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05/31/2026

I am getting on my soapbox for a minute here. Please feel free to ignore this post.

I hope most of you know, this is not my main method of income. This is a passion project because of the terrible options out there from the large vendors. I also try to be fair and do what I can to make sure your critters have the food they need, even if it means I lose money. There are limits, however, that are there for a reason. I dont control what shipper delivers where. I have no control over how that shipping company delivers or doesnt deliver. This is not a ME problem, this is a YOU problem.

Folks, please understand that we, as sellers, don't have time to babysit your choices for shipping. We ship as you requested, when replacements are sent, they ship the same way you paid for them. I for one, will not eat the UPS 2nd day or overnight costs for a $15 order because the option you chose is wrong. That would be absolutely crazy! YOU as a buyer need to know whether a chosen shipment involves a carrier that does not deliver to your address. IF YOU CHOOSE GROUND THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES! PERIOD. IT'S CLEARLY MARKED ALL OVER THE SITE. If you dont like it, PLEASE take your business to a supplier that betters fits your needs. When you dont get what you want, dont threaten me with losing a customer. This is going to sound bad and if I lose customers over it, oh well. If you threaten, you will get what you give. Work with me and I will work with you. Your $15 or $100 order makes no difference to me. I do this for the critters and the critters that only need $15 worth of feeders are just as important to me as the ones that need $100 worth. I dont treat orders based on what they cost or who the person is or what relationship I have or dont have with them. Every order is important but if you are threatening me with losing a customer, please, go, find someone else. There are plenty of good suppliers out there.

OK. getting off my soapbox. Yes, I feel better putting this out there.

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05/31/2026

📦 Important update for our SpoodFood family.

We're closing the store July 2 – July 31 while we relocate. We're moving to a better setup so we can serve you better when we're back.

Here's what you need to know:

🗓️ Last shipping day is Tuesday, July 1. Get your orders in before then.

🔄 All active subscriptions will be automatically paused during closure. You won't be charged. Everything resumes August 1 — no action needed.

🏪 We reopen August 1 with full stock.

A month is a long time — please start lining up backup sources now. Here's who we trust by category:

🪰 Fruit Flies — Mary Strange & Jumping Jems (Facebook)
🪰 Blue Bottle Flies — BestBait.com & Rainbow Mealworms
🪰 House Flies — SpiderPharm.com
🐛 Mealworms — PredatorFoods.com
🪲 Lesser Worms / Dubia / Springtails — Lucky's Dubia Roaches (eBay)

No paid relationships with any of them — we list them because we trust them.

Thank you for your patience and support. We'll be back better than ever. 🕷️

— The SpoodFood Team
spoodfood.com

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05/24/2026

Here is a question I get asked a lot. How do I keep my cultures going? Hopefully this will answer that question.

Fruit fly cultures are one of the easiest feeder insects to keep, but they still need a simple rotation schedule to stay reliable. The biggest mistake we see is waiting until a culture is almost empty, old, or crashing before starting the next one.A healthy fruit fly setup should always have more th...

05/22/2026

Reminder: Monday is Memorial Day. A day we honor all those brave men, women and K9s that have passed serving our country. It is also a day the shipping companies are closed. If you have one of these brave individuals in your family, thank you for their service and ultimate sacrifice.

05/21/2026

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05/17/2026

Folks. Be careful! They are getting way smart now.

05/16/2026

For all those of you who placed orders Wednesday and Thursday of this week, the order system at WIX did not show your purchases. I contacted support and they fixed whatever it was on the backend and they are now showing again. Unfortunately, I cant ship until Monday. If you would like to cancel the order and get a refund, please email me [email protected] with your order number and I will take care of it. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you.