are these the "bad flies" in my roach colony

[little leaf]

can anyone tell me if these are those "hunch back" flies that are killing the cham eggs- or are they just fr/ flies- I know the pic is not that good- but my roaches have had what I thought (and hope) are fr/ flies, but tonight , I noticed small maggot like worms in one corner - and also about 15 dead roaches, so ( dont read any further if you have a weak stomach - sorry ) I put on a glove, and squished the dead roach - it also has the worms IN it - but not in the gut area, it was in the "chest" part - the little part right after the head - and it smelled BAD - this roach was totally dead- so I took another one who was not looking so hot, and squished him - he had nothing , and also tested a healthy looking roach, he also had nothing - this is my "teenager " bin, the bigger babies, and up, but not quite breeding age -
but what do I do ?????? my breeding bin seems to have no issue - lots of babies, but I did see a few flies in there too- do these look like the bad flies ? again, sorry for the bad pic- I can try to get better ones if that will help in the AM - even if they are just f/f - I do not want them in there

 

[chefboyardee]

that looks like a phorid fly to me, not sure what you can do about it though

even if you didnt see live maggots in the roach, the eggs could have still been there...

 

[drcrossfire]

Could be maggots from old rotting food or dead roach bodies

 

[little leaf]

that looks like a phorid fly to me, not sure what you can do about it though

even if you didnt see live maggots in the roach, the eggs could have still been there...

that is also what I fear it may be- it has that jerky walk too - are all my roaches going to die? how did they even get here? is there anyway to protect my breeder bin? I have not seen them in that one yet

Could be maggots from old rotting food or dead roach bodies

there was no rotting food- but they were close to the water gels - so I took all those out- and they get their wet food on a little plate so if they should not eat it all, I can take it out- but they always eat everything

any ideas how to get rid of these - will it do any good to change the roaches to a new bin ( or not, cuz the eggs are already on them ? ) this stinks !

 

[chefboyardee]

that is also what I fear it may be- it has that jerky walk too - are all my roaches going to die? how did they even get here? is there anyway to protect my breeder bin? I have not seen them in that one yet

no idea, maybe move the breeder bin to a different room? All accounts Ive heard say that phorids can make their way into almost everything, sealed or not

all the sources I know of say the only way to get rid of phorids are to get rid of their food source

 

[little leaf]

no idea, maybe move the breeder bin to a different room? All accounts Ive heard say that phorids can make their way into almost everything, sealed or not

all the sources I know of say the only way to get rid of phorids are to get rid of their food source

yes, I will do that - move them - is there any danger to my chams do you think? as far as feeding those roaches- started to feed out of the breeding big just encase- but I hate to disturb that bin everyday -

thanks guys for your help

 

[chefboyardee]

Im not sure, but i would imagine the cham's stomach acid would make short work of the maggots if there were any in the roaches