How do you get mites

[bhoeschcod]

Okay kinda of a stupid question but how do you get mites?How do you attract them and last how do you keep them?BTW its for a sience thing i think its called a science fair anyways any help is appericiated

 

[rustym3talh3ad]

well i dont know anyone that would just give u parasitic mites but there are helper mites available online through companies. i do know that mites can be as easily obtained as going to your LPS and exchanging hand shakes with someone who has a mite problem at their home. but then you probably dont want those mites just free roaming your place, quite problematic im assuming.

good luck in your search

 

[bhoeschcod]

I should have been specific i want mites grain mites so i can use them for my science fair project

 

[rustym3talh3ad]

do a search for them on google, u should be able to find a supplier.

 

[bhoeschcod]

Oh boy here is the run down:i want grain mites but dont wanna buy em i want to just get them [to show the procedure]so how do you get grain mites?do you just leave a container with wheat or something in it?

 

[GiantVinegaroon]

Step 1. Think Realistically

Step 2. Think of a new science fair project.

I found that on Google

 

[calum]

kill something, leave it in a warm, humid box with VERY little ventilation and mites should appear.

 

[bhoeschcod]

um i dont wanna kill anything thats mean but i could use a dead flie but i thought that i could just put in wet cotton and then a bit of oat meal and see what happens.Also my teacher knows that im doing that and i cant change:wall:

 

[calum]

mites feed on flesh/blood, a peice of oatmeal won't do anything except go mouldy. kill a insect, cricket, cockroach, whatever and leave it in the conditions I described above, and you will get mites.

 

[bhoeschcod]

But what do i feed them once i get them?dead things?

 

[calum]

pretty much.

 

[bhoeschcod]

Cool just like larder beetles only meaner can they eat human food?or dead humans?J/K!

 

[Vulgaris]

Your first year doing science fair I assume??

Man science fair SUCKS (at least in my opinion it was a real pain to do). I just got done doing my last science fair ever, next year I graduate

If the mite thing does not work out, you can alway talk to your teacher and find another project. Teachers usually always will let you change your project

Perhaps you can think of something to do with the dermestids

 

[bhoeschcod]

No my 3rd the year before we got to choose partners not this yearalso i need more domestids they kinda got out:wall:im stupid how could i let my gaurd down:wall:anyway if this doesnt work out im getting more domestids from my carpetsI also got stuck with the most unfun partner a girl!no effence to girls on here I forgot something a girl who knows nothing about bugs i tell you the teacher hates me!

 

[GiantVinegaroon]

No my 3rd the year before we got to choose partners not this yearalso i need more domestids they kinda got out:wall:im stupid how could i let my gaurd down:wall:anyway if this doesnt work out im getting more domestids from my carpetsI also got stuck with the most unfun partner a girl!no effence to girls on here I forgot something a girl who knows nothing about bugs i tell you the teacher hates me!

you mean dermestids? they are a bug collector's worst nightmare, unless they're dead.

 

[bhoeschcod]

Not me i dont have a collection yet!

 

[GiantVinegaroon]

Not me i dont have a collection yet!

well one day you will, and you will get HOOKED

 

[Vulgaris]

you mean dermestids? they are a bug collector's worst nightmare, unless they're dead.

Yeah, they are a wasp nest collector's worst nightmare too

 

[Vulgaris]

Lol having a partner in science fair is an advantage I always had to work by myself

Lol HOW did the larvae escape! They are slow and can't even climb well

 

[bhoeschcod]

They fell at night and boom gone