Help with Insects from climbing branch!

[scotty99]

I have just set up a glass display tank with a grapevine climbing branch. The branch WAS supposed to be pre treated/sandblasted to get rid of any nasties. I bleached it, blow torched it, and sprayed it with mite spray just to make sure, well 3 weeks later the tank has small flying bugs all over.

I did a google search and they look like "wood burrowing weevils!" I can't believe it...any advice please??? I have put the branch in the garden for now, if i can kill them off, i would like to keep the branch, as its a perfect fit in the tank. I dont believe they are harmful to my BP, just wondering if anybody else has had the same problem.

Regards Scott

[Kaorte]

bake it in the oven on 250* for 30 minutes. If that doesn't work, I would remove it completely.

[nevohraalnavnoj]

Boil the branch, if it can take it without warping completely.

JonV

[southb]

You can always "BURN" them mauhahahahahaha

[southb]

So you treated it with mite killer and they are still there? What brand mite killer did you use?

Are you sure this is what they look like?
http://www.woodwormtreatments.co.uk/...ing-weevil.htm

[Slim]

If you have a fireplace, you can use it to get a good fire going the next time the temps drop in your neck of the woods...that's about the best thing those branchs are good for.

[scotty99]

Thanks for the replies. The branch was too big to go in the oven(i did try leaving it half in, but the heat didnt get up enough), so i did get the blow torch on it, after pouring boiling water on it, and in a beach bath overnite, these things still hatched!! amazing

southb, thanks for link, yes that is what they look like.I can't be 100%, but they look like that, same colour with long feelers

Any alternatives if i have to ditch it, as my BP likes to explore and climb.

[Kaorte]

Thanks for the replies. The branch was too big to go in the oven(i did try leaving it half in, but the heat didnt get up enough), so i did get the blow torch on it, after pouring boiling water on it, and in a beach bath overnite, these things still hatched!! amazing

southb, thanks for link, yes that is what they look like.I can't be 100%, but they look like that, same colour with long feelers

Any alternatives if i have to ditch it, as my BP likes to explore and climb.

I would suggest ditching the branch then. They sell lots of branch type cage furniture at the chain pet stores, you could hit one of those up.

[ScottyDsntKnow]

Plenty of places online that sell flexible artificial reptile branches for cheap. Don't go paying $20 for a branch from one of the chain stores though...

[Snake Daddy Reptiles]

When is the last time you cleaned the enclosure? Is it possibly coming from the subsrate?