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Lately I've had masses of fruit flies using my millipede tank as a breeding ground. I recently moved the millipedes from a glass aquarium to a large plastic storage box with holes drilled in. Since the plastic insulates the soil and keeps it humid (I only made a small no of air-holes) the fruit flies have moved in. Previously when this has happened I simply stopped feeding the millipedes fruit but this time they seem to be getting worse. When I open my millipedes cage there are around 30 in sight and when you look in my room there are always at least 10 buzzing about.
I've tried making alcohol traps
I've tried buryingthe millipedes food under the soil
I've tried fly strips
but I just can't get rid of them all! Anyone have any suggestions?
I was thinking of changing the substrate in my millipede tank as despite having around 30 tanks in my room these are the only ones that stay humid enough for the flies. If I did this would I perhaps be able to cover the air holes with something like cloth so air can still get in but the flies can't? don't really want to change all the substrate again right enough but I'm at my wits end!
Lately I've had masses of fruit flies using my millipede tank as a breeding ground. I recently moved the millipedes from a glass aquarium to a large plastic storage box with holes drilled in. Since the plastic insulates the soil and keeps it humid (I only made a small no of air-holes) the fruit flies have moved in. Previously when this has happened I simply stopped feeding the millipedes fruit but this time they seem to be getting worse. When I open my millipedes cage there are around 30 in sight and when you look in my room there are always at least 10 buzzing about.
I've tried making alcohol traps
I've tried buryingthe millipedes food under the soil
I've tried fly strips
but I just can't get rid of them all! Anyone have any suggestions?
I was thinking of changing the substrate in my millipede tank as despite having around 30 tanks in my room these are the only ones that stay humid enough for the flies. If I did this would I perhaps be able to cover the air holes with something like cloth so air can still get in but the flies can't? don't really want to change all the substrate again right enough but I'm at my wits end!