I've been successfully growing meal worms in wheat bran. However after a couple of months the bin becomes infested with tiny, yellowish mites. I've tried several ideas but none have worked. Anyone have any ideas?
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mites in my meal worm bin
dreamer
Jan 14, 2006 09:44 AM
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lizardman
Jan 14, 2006 11:39 PM
Those are grain mites. I've had the problem when I first bred mealworms.
The solution is to use less vegs &/or fruit on/in the mealworms' substrate. Another cause could be too much humidity in the room that you have your mealworms in. I also use a small fan to keep the air circulating in my feeder-insect room; this greatly offsets the potential problem with grain mites.
I wrote an article on this problem quite a while ago & may still be found within the KS archives.
Goodluck
