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RE: KillieTalk Digest V3 #865
That is exactly what I did when I had the same problem. It took about a
week to get all the flies, but I was feeding maggots to my fish for atleast
another week. The flypaper in the tube worked great, in 48 hours I had to
change it because It was hard to see the paper anymore. Of course now my
Venus Fly trap isn't as happy...
Drummond
>From: "Allen N Sandra" <allensandra at boatmans_com>
>Reply-To: killietalk at aka_org
>To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>Subject: RE: KillieTalk Digest V3 #865
>Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 15:27:52 -0500
>
>May I make a suggestion? Why don't you use the grubs as well as the
>grindals? I would assume if you use all the large ones you find, the fly
>population in the house will diminish and the grindal worm population will
>grow. Just a thought. It seems like the maggots would be nice and plump
>and nutritious!!
>
>Boat
>Tampa, FL
>TBAS, SKS, AKA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On Behalf
>Of -RJ-
>Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 10:14 PM
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>Subject: RE: KillieTalk Digest V3 #865
>
>Hi Folks,
>
>I raise white and grindle worms in synthetic media. I was overrun by black
>midges. They have a very similar life cycle to fruit flies. They have black
>bodies and/or black wings. Otherwise they look very much like fruit flies.
>I
>tried flooding the cultures. The grubs died at about the same rate as the
>worms. I tried the fly paper and although it did trap some flies more kept
>coming. Therefore I recommend that you extract some worms from your
>cultures
>check them under water to make sure that there are no grubs in with them
>also remove any dirt which may have been extracted and start a new culture.
>Keep the new culture in a plastic shoe box and the shoe box in a sealed
>plastic bag so that the bugs can not get in. Once the new culture takes
>hold
>destroy the original culture. Boiling will kill off anything in the soil
>or
>media. This will include the eggs, grubs or cysts. Soak the container in a
>bleach and water mixture then scrub it thoroughly. Always keep your
>cultures sealed in the bags so the bugs can not get in.
>
>I have been looking for a better solution such as an insecticide which
>kills
>bugs but will not contaminate the worms. To date I have not heard of one.
>Until someone finally solves this problem I believe that we are condemned
>to
>starting fresh once the bugs take over.
>
>Best regards,
>
>-RJ-
>
>
>
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