Search results for query: Soil gnats

Between cinnamon in the top layer of pots (covered with river pebbles to keep chameleons out), a couple/few Sundews (Drosera capensis), and yellow glue traps (cheap!), we don't have any more fungus gnats. We also watch watering.

Hey!! I typed like half of a reply back and my phone died the other day. So, she has been eating more. I have just been putting crickets in the full throttle and she seems to walk by and grab one or two at a time!! She never just sits in front of it and eats a ton of them though….but I’m happy...

Would sticky traps be safe to use? Like ones that you stick in the soil?

...cham enclosures plus 1 that isn’t and lots of extra plants all in the same room with 2 Katchy’s. While they do catch a fair number of soil gnats, they can’t catch them all. I just ordered some mantis ooths which when they hatch I’ll be putting in my enclosures. Last year when I did this it...

Another idea is to get a bag or 2 of ABG mix (Atlanta Botanical Garden) and mix it with the soil in your plants' pots. I do that because it's quick-draining and really helps with the gnats. Buy a Katchy as well, which was mentioned - they work very efficiently. I have mine set up on a little...

second the mantids. My guys get so excited when they hatch! They do a good job of knocking out soil gnats and white flies, and even each other after a few days! Its also the season to find ooths on rhe bare branches and tall grass. They (Ooths) can be refrigerated for several months.

Do you know if cinnamon will harm isopods and springtails?

You can get a sundew for around the enclosure if you can find them. Or a katchy. Reduce the access to soil using rocks or something to cover that your Cham cannot eat. Reduce the water output without allowing humidity to tank You can look into springtails isopods and nematodes perhaps even...

As a fun treat for your chameleon and great way to eliminate any soil gnats, you can get an ooth and let it hatch in your enclosure.

This is what I’ve been using most recently. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Miracle-Gro-Performance-Organics-All-Purpose-In-Ground-Soil-1-3-cu-ft-Organic-Garden-Soil/1000663915 I had tried Fox Farms Ocean soil (had to order off Amazon) and was disappointed to find it had bits of pumice or something...

Ahhh mantis ooths, another good one that I forgot about. Drosera capensis would be the species to get and IME they’re very easy provided the right care. Mine even spread like grass and kept flowering. Don’t keep them in the enclosure, they need to sit in a tray of water(think a bog). Their...

I’ve cleaned my lay bin and remade the soil sand mixture over 3 times now because it keeps getting infested with gnats. Is this okay? They’re small and I honestly don’t care they’re in their hit it concerns me cuz she’s going to be laying in it. Any advice? Lol

Phorid would be pretty unlikely in a cham enclosure. They mostly feed on decaying protein. Probably soil gnats.

Interesting I might invest in one just to have it. I finished adding new umbrella tree to my cage earlier so hoping that took care of most of them . Mantis ooths huh?? That's sweet ! I don't know much about mantids but I'm assuming they won't cause any harm to the chams & guessing the chams can...

You could be over watering and definitely not enough air flow. Wet soil + stagnant air will bring these little fungus gnats. I learned this information years back from a Mistking rep at a show he suggested I install a small pc fan above the cage to encourage air flow. Within a week or so no more...

I do, a bunch i was looking that up too. But i looked up fruit flies larvae 🤔

I have 2 small issues going on with my plants. 1 is fungus gnats and the other is plants showing signs of overwatering. The gnats are a result of the overwatered wet soil and once I figure out how to decrease the amount of water getting into my soil, both problems should be solved. I've read...

I have so many they're getting annoying lmao. You can can some mosquito bits that you put on top of the soil under the rocks. It's safe for animals just make sure you cover the soil & bits well with rocks.

As many of you know, I highly suggest keeping sundews(if possible) to eliminate soil/fungus gnats. Fruit and phorid flies are a different story. Anyway, if you can't keep some sundews for whatever reason and need another natural and safe way of eliminating them you may want to give these beetles...

How hard would u say it is to keep the sundew alive? And where would I keep them, worried/I know my girl would try to take a bite out of one