The only time I salvaged fruit flies from grain mites is one time when I rinsed off larvae ONE BY ONE in running water.
Unfortunately that colony died off a few generations later.
Now I COOK all my fruit flies (freeze then briefly boil). It's not worth the annoyance of grain mite infestations. The mite eggs stick to queens and brood and are nearly impossible to get rid of. It's a pity as fraggles love chasing and hunting ff.
P.S. I freeze all fruit fly bins contaminated with mites before chucking, hoping that will kill them. I would hate contributing to invasive mites spreading where they don't belong....
Edited by OhNoNotAgain, March 7 2021 - 11:18 AM.
Formiculture Journals::
Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli
Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola
Liometopum occidentale; Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)
Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)
Tetramorium sp.
Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis
Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus
Spoods: Phidippus sp.