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  1. More update: my second colony had a massive death. I left it for 2 days when I went on vacation and somehow a fly got in. The minute I opened it there was a fly flying away. I checked the dead bodies and I found a few fly larvae. Again, the smell is terrible.
  2. Update: the deaths do not stop. Everytime I checked on them theres always new deaths and I keep seeing fruit fly cacoon and an occasional larvae. These roaches are 6-8 months old so it cant be from old age
  3. Yeah, I've already thought of using mesh screen to separate them but the majority of frass are from the adults and they're larger than normal. Never really made a container that separates frass from small nymphs, I usually just dump everything in my large bin full of nymphs. I guess i'll just throw a few eggrates in there and if I'm lucky they will go onto it haha. Also, I've been watching the adults and I found that some are behaving unusually. When I look around I always see a few roaches dragging their butts on the floor, almost as if they're scratching it. Could this be a parasite introduced by the flies?
  4. okay, I've separated the adults I want to keep and I plan on culling everything else. My only issue is that there are about 5-8k of nymphs(ex-smalls/smalls) and it would be nice to keep some. Regarding the flies, I seem to see them the most inside dead or rotting roaches. I will keep an eye on any deaths and discard the bodies as soon as I see it. I'll also crank up the heat and keep the lid off to keep it dry.
  5. I used a combination of crates and newspapers and most are all mushy and worms are all over it. I really don't want to touch anything right now. I was thinking maybe cutting their water supply? The roaches would last a week without water, I just don't know if the larvaes last as long. 1 more question: where could they have come from? It's literally like a dubia and gnats breeding bin right now
  6. Long story short, I neglected my dubia colony and left it in the closet. I felt terrible and I thought maybe I should make it a habit to check up on them again. Today when I opened the bin I was greeted by a horrible smell. It was terrible! There were small worms everywhere and fruit flies are dancing around the bin. It was such a horrible sight when I turned their feeding dish, literally hundreds were stuck under wiggling like crazy. How do I get rid of these flies?
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