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    Dubia problem ?!?

    Please help me,

    I notice that in my colony of dubia roaches are some little white bugs and little white worms, I can barely see with the eye that little things... Is that a big problem and what can i do to fix the problem?


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    I am of no help but interested in what others post.

    How long have you had the colony and how is yours set up?

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    I suspect that the little white bugs are some kind of mite and the white worms are fly larvae, I suspect that you have too much food in there and/or it's too wet.
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    Re: Dubia problem ?!?

    I had the same thing in my discoid colony. Typically they're just little bugs that end up eating the waste from roaches. Usually not a problem unless they're mites that are killing your roaches.

    Only way to get rid of them would be a thorough cleaning of your bins which means removing all dubia (pain in the rear) and basically disposing of all egg crates and food in there. I suspect they'll find their way back in eventually anyway though.

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    Can you post an image? I agree it sounds like fly larvae. There are carrion beetles though which have white undersides as larvae and do a good job as colony cleaners.

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    Re: Dubia problem ?!?

    My colony is 1 year old, maybe more, and yes, I'm not very neat in terms of maintenance, leaving scraps of food for a long time and for a while they were weaker ventilation and the humidity was higher . I wondered whether mites could harm the bearded dragon if he eaten roach with mites on them? Otherwise my roaches are all very active and healthy and nice eaters and look normal and clean and almost never has the dead roach in tub, maybe some male but thats because he is at the end of his life... On pics You have no chance to see that little bugs and worms unfortunately ...


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