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Blue and Green bottle fies as protein source "good or bad"

Started By AntsMAN , Jul 9 2015 2:21 PM
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#21 Offline Mercutia - Posted July 16 2015 - 6:15 AM

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I've had my own issues with store bought mealworms though. One time, they spread mites to some of my colonies.


#22 Offline Crystals - Posted July 16 2015 - 6:26 AM

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I've had my own issues with store bought mealworms though. One time, they spread mites to some of my colonies.

Indeed, I have had this happen to me, luckily they were just detritus mites and remained in the outworld.

 

When starting a new culture I carefully inspect each worm before adding it to the new bin, to avoid any mites, and dispose of the old bedding.

One of my bins has mites right now, but I have to wait until I have more time to manually inspect and move a thousand mealworms, pupae, and beetles though.

For now, they are in a remote corner of my house and I freeze all the mealworms before feeding.


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#23 Offline AntsMAN - Posted July 16 2015 - 10:22 AM

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Will freezing them for 24h kill the mites/pests?


Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#24 Offline Trailandstreet - Posted July 17 2015 - 2:58 AM

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Will freezing them for 24h kill the mites/pests?

No, definetly not. Ok, some more tropic mites maybe, but they are a real tough species.


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