Re: How to feed Wingless Fruit Flies
Around here, you just have to wait before the mites will come to the medium.
I suppose the mites occur all over the world and everywhere they will come to the fruit fly cultures, i may be wrong ofcourse
I always try to give the flies a head start by removing as much mite as possible,
eventually they will miraculously appear again on the medium, so completely free of mites is not possible.
But don't worry, a healthy frog also like to eat them, as long as it isn't to much.
It's more because you're fruitfly larvaes will be attacked as well, causing your'e culture to stagnate or even stop.
What i use for the sifting, is just a plastic jar i also start my cultures in.
The top is provided with a plastic mesh.
Just add youre supplement in, tap flies into it, shake them to get them covered,
this will make them slower and climbing the walls less due to the powder attached to them.
Eventually i keep the jar upside down and shake to get the surplus powder and mites out of it.
Now you can throw in the dizzy flies, without them crawling all over the place before you manage to close the doors of the viv
I'll add a picture to make it clear.
I also use a kitchen sifter sometimes.
You can also make yourself some sifters for other feeder insects, like the beanweevil for example.
Find yourself a mesh with a diameter letting the bugs trough, but keeping the beans in the sifter.
Works so much easier with the feeding of such sort of insects.
Otherwise you have to put in the entire tray in, this way you can somewhat dosage how much you put in there
Good luck with your first poison dart frog btw.
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