Kaqpewqt
Arachnopeon
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Hi,
Yes I used the search function and read almost every thread regarding mites in this forum, I just cant get rid of them.
There are mites on my dubias for months now. I keep them dry (40-55% humidity in my room) and at about 85-90 degrees, I remove any left over food daily and Also gave them no food for a week and even longer a few times. I also cleaned the enclosure and used new egg crates of course, more than 5 times the last few weeks. I used the flour method with my roaches.
Just nothing seems to help. I bought predatory mites (h. Miles), which eradicated any other mites and gnats inside my other roach enclosures which have substrate and are kept more moist, but not the ones on my dubias.
Im slowly getting crazy over here, I already started a new colony because of this in April.
The mites also seem a little bigger than grain mites, could they be from my hissers? The numbers never exploded, they are just visible and I dont want to transfer them to my spiders.
I also sell b. Lateralis feeders, not a single mite in sight, but I also plan to sell some dubias, I just dont want to sell them if they have mites.
Did anyone have similar experiences? What helped?
Thanks in advance
Janek
Yes I used the search function and read almost every thread regarding mites in this forum, I just cant get rid of them.
There are mites on my dubias for months now. I keep them dry (40-55% humidity in my room) and at about 85-90 degrees, I remove any left over food daily and Also gave them no food for a week and even longer a few times. I also cleaned the enclosure and used new egg crates of course, more than 5 times the last few weeks. I used the flour method with my roaches.
Just nothing seems to help. I bought predatory mites (h. Miles), which eradicated any other mites and gnats inside my other roach enclosures which have substrate and are kept more moist, but not the ones on my dubias.
Im slowly getting crazy over here, I already started a new colony because of this in April.
The mites also seem a little bigger than grain mites, could they be from my hissers? The numbers never exploded, they are just visible and I dont want to transfer them to my spiders.
I also sell b. Lateralis feeders, not a single mite in sight, but I also plan to sell some dubias, I just dont want to sell them if they have mites.
Did anyone have similar experiences? What helped?
Thanks in advance
Janek