[nguyenp209]

Lately, I've been noticing in my fruit flies culture, the maggots/larva are actually getting stiffening inside the media and not on the side or the excelsior? Is my media too dry or wet? Any help would be great. Thanks

 

[Ghost vivs]

I had the same problem so I upped the humidity and now my cultures are covered in maggots. Get a plastic tub, put some vents in the lid, put an egg crate "false bottom" down than add a gallon of h2o and set the cultures on the egg crate. You will notice a big difference in less than a week. Plus then you won't have to add extra h2o when you make the cultures


Casper

 

[Ghost vivs]

A pic so you have a better idea.

Casper

 

[Absolutbill]

Do you do anything to prevent mites?


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[Ghost vivs]

I don't, but that's just me.

Casper

 

[Ed]

Lately, I've been noticing in my fruit flies culture, the maggots/larva are actually getting stiffening inside the media and not on the side or the excelsior? Is my media too dry or wet? Any help would be great. Thanks

It is typically a sign that the meida is getting dry. Depending on the age of the culture it may not affect production. You can always add a little water after harvesting the flies or if it is early in the life of the culture add just a little more water to the culture.

Ed

 

[Scott]

This is exactly the cause. I live in low humidity central (Tucson, AZ). I make new cultures from two week old cultures. After a batch of cultures has made new cultures for me - they are put in production (to feed the frogs). I add a little water (as much as is needed to wet the media down) at this time.

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It is typically a sign that the meida is getting dry. Depending on the age of the culture it may not affect production. You can always add a little water after harvesting the flies or if it is early in the life of the culture add just a little more water to the culture.

Ed