Yesterday when looking in the roach bin during feeding I noticed 2 small fuzzy looking worms again!! A few weeks back I had seen the same thing (2 worms) but they were half the size of the ones I saw this time. Each time, I took the worms out and squished them. This time the 2 worms were buried in the food dish (in the chicken mash). My questions are:
1. What is this fuzzy looking insect? Is it a larvae of some sort of grain insect?
2. Where is it coming from? I am thinking the egg laying mash, but maybe I am wrong?
3. Are they harmful to the roaches?
4. Should I be worried about these things infesting my roach bins?
I have had the roaches for awhile now, I dont know exactly how long but I am thinking almost 2 months or so. Anyways, in that time I have only seen 4 of these insects in the bin. But that doesnt mean there isnt more in the bin!! ARGH!
Anyways the best description I can give is they are anywhere from 1/16"-1/4" long, have a fuzzy appearance, and appear to be a greyish/brown to black in color.
I use pine shavings as substrate and feed ground up egg laying mash, tropical fish flakes and apples, oranges, carrots. For extra living space I use egg flats.
So where are they coming from???
Next time I will try and get a picture, but they are pretty fast and I dont want to chance losing it in the house, yucky. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.
BTW the lobster roach bin is doing GREAT! I have tons and tons of babies. Pretty soon I am going to have to seperate the adults from the younger ones, as it is getting crowded! 
The 1000+ mixed sized colony has at least doubled, but looks more liked tripled their size in less then 2 months. Of course I have been using some as feeders for my dragons.
Thanks again, Lindsay
