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RE: worm farm?
Hi Jerry,
In a synthetic culture there is always a water bath on the bottom the
capillary action into the medium and the resulting high humidity is
necessary to keep the worms alive. Good suggestion though. As far as
catching the bugs before they reproduce I have squished more of these things
than I could count. Its hopeless. I think they are born pregnant! I even
designed a trap for them. It catches lots of fruit flies but not these
midges.
Thank you for your suggestion though. I am keeping my new cultures in
plastic bags. But as soon as I open the bag the flies are already circling
the culture. I really wish I could just kill off these bugs without killing
the worms.
Happy New Year,
-RJ-
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
Behalf Of Jerry Leong
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 2:37 PM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: worm farm?
RJ ---
I think that those small black midges are fungus gnats, which feed on
decaying material. The best way to deal with them is to prevent them
from colonizing in your worm culture (cover the culture with a very fine
screen or render the culture container air-tight to prevent females from
laying eggs in your worm culture). When I was raising some plants in
small pots, I was able to get rid of the infestation by decreasing the
moisture slightly and destroying the emerging adults before they had a
chance produce eggs for the next generation.
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