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RE: Mites in Fruit Fly culture?

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Posted by: dr_detroit33 at Mon Nov 3 16:50:19 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dr_detroit33 ]  
   

The mites tend to be clear and very small.Probaly about the size of a period. (.). They have mite killers that work well.I put my cultures on paper towel that I mist once a week with mite killer and it seems to workout well.I'm not sure how exactly the mites harm the flies but the culture for me stopped reproducing.I suggest having 2 culures to prevent not having flies incase of a die off.Hope this helped.


   

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  • Mites in Fruit Fly culture? - upstatenypets, Mon Aug 4 16:36:55 2008
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