Yes, the mites destroyed your fruit fly cultures. They prey upon the eggs and pupa. Once they get going the culture stops producing.
Yes, the mites destroyed your fruit fly cultures. They prey upon the eggs and pupa. Once they get going the culture stops producing.
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I'm keeping them on coco fiber mixed with some of those red clay balls (can't remember the Englisch name) which people use for they're plants. Works just fine. I harvest them by putting a white film canister in the substrate so they could fall in. The white colour attracts them. If you let it stay over night you've got quite a bunch in your canister.
P.hosii/G.riobambae/S.couchii/C.cranwelli/B.orientalis/R.humboldti/M.klappenbachi
The red clay balls are called LECA or Hyrdoton. Hydroton being a brand name, I believe.
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