infestation- what is it?

[Chameleons Northwest]

Have this infestation of eggs in the soil of our pygmy tank. What is it and what do we do about it? We also have been noticing gnats. Are they related to this infestation of eggs? Thank you in advance for your advice! Oops- forgot the photo! Duh....

 

[westcoastchameleons]

What kind of eggs? From the Pygmes?

Jake

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

No. I probably need a better photo. These are tiny white eggs, some with fuzz around them.

Aha. I forgot to load the photo. There it is now. Sorry!

 

[westcoastchameleons]

Oh, lol

Sorry for the question in the first place...but i wasnt sure what you meant

The picture would absolutley help!

jake

 

[dectr6]

I found the exact same thing in my silkworm colony. They are about 2 or 3 times the size of this period . and have a slight green tinge to them and are covered with the fuzz. The dot in the middle is the size of the period, not the whole thing. I thought they were silkworm eggs. Maybe not.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Well, actually, they look very much like the eggs silkworm moths lay, but silkworm eggs are a little larger. And silkworm moths lay there eggs on a surface, no digging.

 

[Brad Ramsey]

They don't look like cricket eggs. Those are more cigar shaped.
I don't know what they are.

-Brad

 

[tburgcris]

Mold

I think it is mold spores. Is the soil moist. Eventually they will grow and connect and become a big pile of white mold. Now how I know is I grow many indoor plants in my home and when I overwater a plant and the soil doesn't dry quick enough the exact thing happens so I scrape it off and don't water for a while.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

I think it is mold spores. Is the soil moist. Eventually they will grow and connect and become a big pile of white mold. Now how I know is I grow many indoor plants in my home and when I overwater a plant and the soil doesn't dry quick enough the exact thing happens so I scrape it off and don't water for a while.

Thank you for your reply. I googled mold spores, and what I have seems to be too large. The photo I provided was not very magnified. I think mold spores have to be greatly magnified to look like these little round egg things. Or do mold spores indeed look like that to the naked eye?

I also googled with life cycle of a gnat, and there are some species that lay their eggs under soil in clusters like that. So, I guess it could be gnats.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

They don't look like cricket eggs. Those are more cigar shaped.
I don't know what they are.

-Brad

Thank you for replying. Right, cricket eggs are long and turn clear. These are little white round things.

 

[tburgcris]

Fungus gnats

I checked and I think they r fungus gnats like u said. the white fuzz is indeed fungus that the larvae and flys will eat. All I can say is it is bad news... Chris...

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

I think it is mold spores. Is the soil moist. Eventually they will grow and connect and become a big pile of white mold. Now how I know is I grow many indoor plants in my home and when I overwater a plant and the soil doesn't dry quick enough the exact thing happens so I scrape it off and don't water for a while.

OK. THis time I googled white mold spores, and I think you must be right. I found at least 1 photo that looked just like it. But this is only under the soil, not on the moist surfaces anywhere.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

I checked and I think they r fungus gnats like u said. the white fuzz is indeed fungus that the larvae and flys will eat. All I can say is it is bad news... Chris...

Hhmmm. Mold spores or fungus gnats, mold spores or fungus gnats.

Well, I have to admit the gnats showed up shortly after the little white fuzzy things did, so....I will do a search for gnats on this forum, and, if I remember correctly, there were several options outlined in the thread.

Thank you for your input. It really was helpful. We will get this stuff cleared up.

 

[OldChamKeeper]

Those are fungus gnats. Clean it all out is all I can add.