Upon Arrival

So, the postman just dropped off your package of fruit fly cultures and supplies...what do you do next?

When your package arrives, the best thing to do is find a shelf in your house you can put your cultures on where they won't be bothered for a few days.  The shelf should be between 73-85F.  Fresh cultures take several days before they start producing thousands of flies.  You don't want to feed off the flies that initially come in the culture!  If you do so, the culture may fail to produce more flies...be patient and wait for a sudden increase in fly production. 

After you notice an increase in flies, you may begin to use them; feed them to your pet, make new cultures, etc.  If you ordered Already Producing cultures, the time you must wait will be significantly shorter; you can often (but not always) start feeding out flies right away.