Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the breeding and collection of neonate larvae, in particular of the black soldier fly, containing the placing of insects in a cage, provided with means for depositing eggs, guiding larvae, hatched from the deposited eggs, by means of a guiding device, placed under the cage, under the influence of gravity to a conveyor belt placed under the guiding means, moving the larvae by means of the conveyor belt to a recipient placed at the end of the conveyor belt, counting the number of larvae on the conveyor belt before collection in the recipient, and collecting the larvae of the conveyor belt in the recipient until a predetermined number of larvae has been reached.