mites in mealworms

[lance]

:( i've got some sort of mites in my mealworms
from what ive read they come from the oats or bran
problem is how to get rid of them or do i halve to will they do any harm to the other worms or my lizards
thanks lance:w

[snakedude_03]

mites...?if that was me.. i would just kill them mealies too or something.. i wouldnt really want to risk it..

[jason h]

if ya mean little white buggies especially on the carrots in with the mealies i got them too so if ya find a way to get rid of em let me know but so far they dont seem to be hurting any thing.
:confused:

[reverendsterlin]

the spiricles(?)(breathing apperatus) of the mealies should allow for you to put them in a container with water, dump the feed, and recover the mealies without any/much loss while the mites/flour bugs (maybe) are left to drown

[Linds]

Grain mites are harmless (really jsut a pain to the keeper) and can spread quite quickly (they dont jsut stay where the mealies/substrate are). But they also die quickly. To prevent these little guys from invading your home you just need to keep moisture in the substrate to a minimum and change substrate from time to time.

[snakedude_03]

oh..ic.. never happened to me! good !:D

[reverendsterlin]

agreed Linds, I forgot to mention that substrate gets tossed outside (burned if your fun) and fresh replaced. Leaving a vegy on the substrate will remoisten it and restart the problem if you not carefull

[lance]

okay all thanks foer the help
i'll try these remedies