First off, let me say that I've been ordering "large" bsfls from various sites like rainbowmealworms, symtonbsf, dubiaroaches, and maybe one more....
Calicigrub's "large" has - by far - been the biggest larvaes I've received of any of them! No, i mean BIG larvaes! And plump! And HOLY SMOKES, are they active!!! Even the pre-pupates!!! I have no idea how maggots can look "healthy" as maggots cuz, i mean.. They are maggots, but man.... These ones... Wow!!
I've been dissatisfied with my other BSFL subscriptions because many times, the "large" were dubious and often, they were already pupating in their supposedly "large" small-ish state. Prior to trying out Calcigrub, I experimented with feeding them to force pupating (to get flies) and found they indeed do get large! Very large, actually... Not only that... The larger larvaes makes for larger flies. So now I found out how large they actually can get, I've been more dissatisfied with my other "large" orders because I was paying a bit for larvaes that clearly weren't large. Maybe large compared to the baby size, I don't know, but their "large" labels were certainly not for the genuine large states they actually could be in!
Then there was Calcigrub. Holy smokes.... I'm pleasantly surprised! My first order of 500 "large" larvaes - at a very decent price to boot - completely swept the competition away and I've already canceled all the other BSFL subscriptions! Looks like Caligrubs won....
Additionally, customer service was very nice in offering resolutions as I didn't realized the newcomer discount did not apply to subscriptions, but only to single orders, and thus couldn't find where to input the promo code in the check out process.
So very glad i gave this company a shot! Very pleased, thus far. Over maggots... The heck? LOL