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Over the course of the past 30 years,research interest in the black soldier fly,Hermetia illucens L.,(Diptera: Stratiomyidae)as a strategy to reduced human(e.g.,food waste)and animal wastes(e.g.,feces)has ebbed and flowed.Dr.Craig Sheppard,Professor Emeritus,University of Georgia and Dr.Larry Newton,Professor,University of Georgia established a research program that built a strong foundation on which many of todays researchers in this arena stand.Their efforts in the 1980s and 1990s examined the ability of the black soldier fly larvae to reduce animal waste and produce alternate protein for potential use as livestock,poultry,and aquaculture feed.Their laboratory and field studies demonstrated these larvae could reduce dry matter of animal waste by 50%while producing prepupae composed of 40%protein and 30%fat.Furthermore,they developed a system that needed little investment in the construction of the facility to allow self-harvesting of the larvae.Dr.Sheppard expanded his research program by conducting trials with the black soldier fly prepupae as feed for pigs,fish,and chickens.In all instances,this insect was found to hold great potential for use as a feed source.Dr.Sheppard also demonstrated that black soldier fly larvae could reduce house fly,Musca domestica L.,(Diptera: Muscidae)attraction and colonization of animal waste thus indicating this insect can be a biocontrol agent.