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I'm waiting for my Orius Insidiosus to show up tomorrow or Friday and show the plant tragedy in all its glory. 🤣 Although I do think I'm quite lucky, littlefoot has managed to keep all the same plants in her cage for the past 10 months... Even through the gnat/thrip/mealybug battle... She...

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I have hatched out mantis ooths in my enclosures to help control the soil gnats. They make a dent in the gnat population before my chameleons eat them all. I feel kind of bad for the mantis babies as they just don’t have any chance. I’ve ‘saved’ some and grown them out of curiosity/interest and...

As far as I know, the baby mantids are safe for chameleons. They are too tiny to hurt a chameleon. I don’t think I would trust a fully grown mantis with a chameleon…one of them will end up bitten and probably eaten and I’m not sure which one it would be. Both are ambush predators and where...

My gnat issue was so out of control in the Cham room that I had to wear a mask or I’d breath them in. It was a huge issue lmao. GF(now wife) was not chill about that. #gnatcompetition

You win! While I accidentally ate my share of the little (insert favorite curse word here) as they flew in my face or drink, I didn’t need a mask.

I can’t bear to watch that video. Will a fully grown mantis wipe out the pests or do you need their hatchlings? I know for soil gnats, I get mantis ootheca and let it hatch out inside my enclosures. Of course, my chams are very efficient at making sure no mantids survive long.

Update to: The dreaded gnats... I've mostly ridden the thrips, but a few still seem to thrive. I contacted the biological bug shop about further escalation, they provided the following: Orius insidiosus is generally the stronger choice over Anystis baccarum for thrips in your high-humidity...

Quick note that I’ve had great success with a product called “Mosquito bits” in getting rid of fungus gnats in my reptile room. You let them soak in the water you will water your plants with for like an hour and it kills all the gnat larvae over the course of a month or so. Highly recommend.

So yes because soft bodied feeders will have a higher moisture content and combining with Dubia will balance the food so he does not end up with loose stools. The concern about him drinking from the syringe is it shows desperation to drink. Because chams innately do not drink in front of...

Hi. 🙂 I do a little bit of every way when feeding my chameleons. However, each has their own feeding station and they always know where to find their food. Often I see them peeking inside just in case some bugs magically appeared. I like and use the shooting gallery style feeding station...

The drosera capensis is great for gnats. I also really recommend a pinguicula - their leaves are like sticky traps that catch basically anything that’s nearby. Just not mosquitoes 😞

I also lifted his enclosure yesterday. it was so heavy the only thing that could hold it was this wood. its over six feet now. it doesn't look wide in the picture but it's over two feet wide. his wondering Jew died due to gnats, so I'm getting another plant once those are under control again...

ANyone one else with inside of the species I mentioned for controll of thrips ang gnats in chameleon enclosures?

I just told the story in a reply to Beman, but I forgot to mention that his Dragonstrand was not bioactive.

currently I have a fungus gnat problem that probably originated from my chameleon's live plants, since that was where the majority were flying around at first. Basically, I think the problem happened because we recently (like a few months ago) rearranged my chameleons enclosure and right now...

So very glad that she’s doing better. 😊 I think sometimes I worry as much for other’s chameleons as much as for my own. Soil gnats are rotten and no joke to try and get rid of. Keep in mind that I have 4 chameleons and they are all in bioactive enclosures, so my battle with gnats is doomed. I...

What I’ve done a few times to help control soil gnats is hatch out mantis ooths in my enclosures. I’ve gotten the ooths from eBay. This is the perfect time of year to do it. The sellers which I’ve bought from no longer have any, but this should help...

Thank you so much! Just trying not to get water in my plants and some traps outside are helping so far. I just wanted to update you. She is doing amazing now!! Eating so much better. The full throttle feeder is working now. She knows that’s where her food is and realizes it’s easier than...

This one almost snuck past me. Drosera capensis sundews are nice for helping control soil gnats. https://carnivorousplantnursery.com/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&_kx=MWB-gMWlv5yoFaMM7gJUyHmkn0ZTTEawVzAmfx1nBgA%3D.X3in2u