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    There are these idybidy tiny white bugs, looks like white dust in with my red runners, and outside the container. You can't tell they are moving unless you look real close and then you see movement. Are these a concern? Do I need to sterilize my roach containers?
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    Default Re: Tiny tiny white bugs, not springtails.

    Quote Originally Posted by kueluck View Post
    There are these idybidy tiny white bugs, looks like white dust in with my red runners, and outside the container. You can't tell they are moving unless you look real close and then you see movement. Are these a concern? Do I need to sterilize my roach containers?
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    Hi Gail,
    I had this same problem in and on the lid of a cricket bin recently. What a mess! It definetly originated in the bin!
    http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...ins-oh-my.html
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    Default Re: Tiny tiny white bugs, not springtails.

    I'm thinking they might be grain mites which really aren't a problem, they survive in moist areas. So I guess if I strip down the roach container, clean and dry it out they will die off. I wonder if mite off will kill off the mites and leave the roaches unharmed.....hmmm. I also checked out your thread, thanks Lynn
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    Default Re: Tiny tiny white bugs, not springtails.

    I think mine were grain as well. I dumped all the bins. I really , really cleaned the enclosures. I actually got rid of ALL of them.
    Thank goodness.
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    Dendrobates tinctorius "Green Sipaliwini"
    Dendrobates tinctorius “Powder Blue"
    Dendrobates tinctorius "French Guiana Dwarf Cobalt"

    Phyllobates terribilis “Mint”
    Phyllobates terribilis "Orange"
    Phyllobates bicolor "Uraba"

    Oophaga pumilio "Black Jeans"
    Oophaga pumilio "Isla Popa"
    Oophaga pumilio "Bastimentos"
    Oophaga pumilio “Mimbitimbi”
    Oophaga pumilio "Rio Colubre"
    Oophaga pumilio "Red Frog Beach”
    Oophaga pumilio "Rio Branco"
    Oophaga pumilio “Valle del Rey”
    Oophaga pumilio "BriBri"
    Oophaga pumilio "El Dorado"
    Oophaga pumilio "Cristobal"
    Oophaga pumilio "Rambala"

    Oophaga “Vicentei” (blue)

    Oophaga sylvatica "Paru"
    Oophaga sylvatica "Pata Blanca"
    Oophaga histrionica “Redhead”
    Oophaga histrionica "Blue"
    Oophaga lehmanni "Red"
    Oophaga histrionica "Tado"

    Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern"
    Ranitomeya imitator "Varadero"
    Ranitomeya sirensis "Lower Ucayali"
    Ranitomeya vanzolinii

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    Default Re: Tiny tiny white bugs, not springtails.

    they wont bother you if you dont bother them. they decompose organic matter and reproduce. thats pretty much their main purpose in life.

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    Default Re: Tiny tiny white bugs, not springtails.

    Quote Originally Posted by arielgasca420 View Post
    they wont bother you if you dont bother them. they decompose organic matter and reproduce. thats pretty much their main purpose in life.
    They are yuckie !!!! I had millions!
    The little buggers are GONE!!!
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    Dendrobates auratus "Pena Blanca"
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    Dendrobates tinctorius "Green Sipaliwini"
    Dendrobates tinctorius “Powder Blue"
    Dendrobates tinctorius "French Guiana Dwarf Cobalt"

    Phyllobates terribilis “Mint”
    Phyllobates terribilis "Orange"
    Phyllobates bicolor "Uraba"

    Oophaga pumilio "Black Jeans"
    Oophaga pumilio "Isla Popa"
    Oophaga pumilio "Bastimentos"
    Oophaga pumilio “Mimbitimbi”
    Oophaga pumilio "Rio Colubre"
    Oophaga pumilio "Red Frog Beach”
    Oophaga pumilio "Rio Branco"
    Oophaga pumilio “Valle del Rey”
    Oophaga pumilio "BriBri"
    Oophaga pumilio "El Dorado"
    Oophaga pumilio "Cristobal"
    Oophaga pumilio "Rambala"

    Oophaga “Vicentei” (blue)

    Oophaga sylvatica "Paru"
    Oophaga sylvatica "Pata Blanca"
    Oophaga histrionica “Redhead”
    Oophaga histrionica "Blue"
    Oophaga lehmanni "Red"
    Oophaga histrionica "Tado"

    Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern"
    Ranitomeya imitator "Varadero"
    Ranitomeya sirensis "Lower Ucayali"
    Ranitomeya vanzolinii

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