Fruit Fly Cultures & Supplies

Keep your small amphibians, micro geckos, and invertebrate spiderlings fully fueled with our premium, high-yield live fruit fly cultures and professional culturing supplies. Fruit flies (Drosophila species) serve as the absolute baseline live food staple for neonate reptiles and delicate dart frog species that require microscopic, highly active prey items. To help you manage your feeding rotations, we specialize in two distinct, flightless species tailored to your animals' current developmental stages:

  • Drosophila melanogaster – A smaller species (~1/16") ideal for beginners, small frogs, and tiny hatchlings. Reproduces rapidly and completes its entire life cycle in approximately 14 days.
  • Drosophila hydei – A much larger, robust fly (~1/8") best for mantids, larger dart frogs, and growing geckos. Matures over a 21-day life cycle.

Major League Exotics provides freshly started cultures as well as active, booming cultures already producing thousands of flies. We also stock professional-tier culturing gear, including ventilated 32 oz cups, specialized excelsior nesting wood, and our signature fruit fly media mix—formulated for maximum odor control, ease of use, and explosive colony yields.