little brown bugs in dubia colony

[Abe Lincoln]

I don't have any idea what they are but teeny tiny brown bugs, just your average run of the mill looking bug, but super tiny. I did not even notice that they were there until there were thousands. I guess they prevented the roaches from breeding because all the sudden there were barely any left hah. so i took out all the roaches i had (only like 20!) and emptied everything out and threw it all away. i washed out the whole tub with extremely hot water and clorox.
I got a whole new feed for them (took a bunch of different recipes i found on here) to try and bring the colony back. Nothing happened and now there are the little white bugs in there again.
I guess i just need to get rid of the whole colony, clean it out again, and start all over. If thats the case, how do i prevent this from happening again because i am a college student with out a job with barely any money and cant afford to let this happen again.

ahhh!!!!

 

[brunoboy]

YIKES. I've been noticing these little brown bugs too------I don't know what they are. Hopefully some kind of cleaner? What happened to your roaches? Did they just die off?

 

[Abe Lincoln]

i dont know, i left my boyfriend in charge of them, bad idea i guess. he thought those little tiny bugs were the baby roaches so always told me that there were plenty in there so i never checked. about 2 months later i finally checked and ......tons of non roaches and barely any actual roaches.

 

[LQDragons]

can you post a picture

 

[Abe Lincoln]

im working on getting a picture, i dont have a camera.
i also have to figure out how to put pictures on here, so ill have it asap :/

 

[0mega9401]

omg could it be some sort of mites? mabye i dont know but i just started my own little colony!
im sure one of the breeders on here knows what the are

 

[Abe Lincoln]

i have no idea.
i dont really even know how im going to get a picture of them though they are so small.
all i can say about them is that they are the same little bugs that can be found on like crackers and stuff.
theyre one of the bugs us humans accidently consume cause they blend in with bread and crackers and such and we eat them. they dont harm us but i wonder if they are harming the roaches, or preventing them from reproducing. maybe they are eating their eggs. do roaches lay eggs? AHHH i dont know!
i guess the best thing i could do would be to just restart my whole colony. but how do i make sure they dont get infested again?

 

[clear]

Without a pic we cant id the bugs. Sorry

 

[patrickb]

I agree with clear, without a pic it is hard to really indentify what they are. From your description they do sound like they are a mite of some sorts, probably a grain mite. They can hitch in a ride on any grain based food or they can be present in the environment and migrate over to the roach bin where there is a good food source.

Are these little bugs on the roaches themselves or just on and around the food?

 

[Ihaggerty1313]

What are you feeding them? Any type of chicken mash or grain? Get a pic up. I don't want to say what I think they are until I've identified them. No need for confusion.

-Ian