Jason, I hate to break this to you, but they probably are not gnats. They are more then likely "KILL BUGS" . They look like gnats or fruit flys. They will lay eggs in your substrate and bore holes into your eggs, when the larvae hatch they will suck your eggs dry. I would change the substrate that your eggs are in imedietely and move them to a different location asap! I don't know how to get rid of kill bugs safely, maybe someone else will know a better solution, but that is how I have always taken care of the problem when I have had them.

I keep my cages VERY clean now and havent had kill bugs in years. It seemed to help when I started cleaning all of my cages about once a week instead of every 2 weeks. It costs a little more to maintain the collection, but in the long run its well worth it.

I hope I was of some help, good luck and congrats on your eggs.

Sam

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• Gnats and eggs - jasonmc, Sun Jun 13 16:59:36 2004
• RE: Gnats and eggs - cagecrafters, Sun Jun 13 17:56:20 2004
• RE: Gnats and eggs - jasonmc, Sun Jun 13 19:01:11 2004
• cage cleanning? - louie1, Tue Jun 15 00:45:09 2004
• RE: cage cleanning? - cagecrafters, Tue Jun 15 14:23:11 2004
• RE: cage cleanning? - louie1, Tue Jun 15 17:42:29 2004
• RE: cage cleanning? - jkins, Wed Jun 23 14:19:57 2004