maggots with crickets

[Imnogirlscout]

I am keeping my crickets in a traditional cricket keeper. I purchast about 30-40 crickets at a time and sterilize the container and tubes before I add the newest batch. Yet, I still get these little flies and sometimes maggots. Should I throw out the crickets if this happens and what sort of container should I get to stop this problem? Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Syn]

You need more airflow.

This happened to me once when I put too many carrots in and the moisture from the carrots ended up condensing on the sides of the container.

 

[kinyonga]

Tiny maggots? Flies about the size of fruit flies that move with a jerky motion when they walk on a surface?

 

[Imnogirlscout]

Tiny maggots? Flies about the size of fruit flies that move with a jerky motion when they walk on a surface?

yes. they dont't quite look like the traditional flies.

 

[dodolah]

Like this?

 

[ScottChoc]

I have the same problem. They are tiny black flies that mostly crawl over everything. Usually happens to me after a week of introducing the crickets to their container

 

[Clifford]

might be Humpback flies? aka Phorid flies

 

[kinyonga]

If they move like is suggested and are about the size of fruit flies...they are likely phorid flies.

 

[Anilr16]

I get these like small brownish/worm/caterpiallar type a thing. what are those. their sometimes all rolled up.

 

[Syn]

Are they fuzzy, Anil?