everything in the world is covered in mites......it's actually a pretty fair thing to say..



reptile mites feed on reptile blood.....



dust mites......obviously eat dust .....and they in turn are attacked by predetory mites that eat dust mites.



anyways....wood has wood eating mites and dirt has all kinds of mites.....we are covered in mites that eat out dead cells....



your eggs had soft spots.....not enough shell covering the ends.....not enough calcium in the shell on the end even......



all the eggs are lined up in the oviducts and they touch each other ......the shells tend to not cover the ends in between the touching eggs due to them touching each other too much?....



it happens ......so......yours had ends that were weak.....the mites came from the moss and dirt and ate at the fluids they could get from the thin shells themselves.......they ate so much that they compromised the shells even more.....and they exploded..........either that or you them way too wet? and it helped them expand too much......



so they ate till they thinned out the shells, then the eggs leaked even more....so that's why you saw the bloom of mites all over the end of the egg, after it leaks, they all can run around and lay eggs all over the place,,,,....



wipe of eggs and change substrate....use perlite or vermiculite and no moss......you should actually have no more troubles....just keep an eye on the thin ends of the eggs......wipe them dry with a tissue even.......



have fun......



wait till you get them forrid flies DM talked about......or actual fruit flies eating into the shells.......mmmmmmmmmm.....



I hate bugs......but I hate chemicals (to kill them ) even more.......



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