Dave, I totally know the feeling. The first time I seen it, I thought nothing of it and thought it was just wet food turned into jelly mass on the lid of the roach bin. A week later, when I took a closer look, they were moving! It was totally disgusting and they had migrated to other things...
Great job with him Ryan. It definitely shows that he's doing great under your care. He's awesome looking now, imagine what he'll look like as an adult!
Tamatave are mostly red I believe. I've seen a bunch of variations of the Maroantsetra. The one I had was Orange and a little green. When sleeping, it went a Redish Orange.
They are a real pain in the butt at this time of year it seems. They've invaded my roach bin twice and my superworm bin twice in 2 months. I'm guessing it's the moisture but damn, I want to get rid of the mites for good. Seems the only thing not getting grain mites is the cricket bin.
What is the best bedding to use for Superworms? I've had a few batches of 1000 superworms spoiled by grain mites and it's getting rather frustrating. Is there a simple way to keep the grain mites away? I have been using Bran Flakes for the bedding and carrot/potato/yam for moisture.
Any easy...
Yeah, they are microscopic white mites. You'll see them everywhere in your dubia bin in the next few days. They multiply rapidly.
Once I get the grain mites under control and 100% gone, I'm going to use Flukers Orange Cube.
I've also been battling grain mites for a little while now. They are such a pain in the arse! The grain mites totally explode and multiply within a few days too, it's unreal.
So we should add lady bugs to our roach bins to clean up grain mites?