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Increased moisture also helps mites unfortunately.

Some will get stuck in the barrier. An increase in springtail numbers might offer competition to the mites' food supply.

I've never really had this exact issue thankfully. I'd probably try placing small apple pieces all over their bin and then throw them away later that day or the next day then put fresh apple pieces and repeat in hopes that you throw away most of the mites on apple pieces. At the same time I'd...

I want to say that they have specialized piercing mouthparts when young used to pierce mom and slurp/drink. Said mouthparts are lost at some point. It is very crazy cool! Mine are in a slump unfortunately- I need to pay them more attention.

Very very cool to read your blog post about what these mean to you. I'm very happy for you 🤗 And the excitement in your voice in your video short is pure joy. Thank you for sharing with us.

Welcome! What's your favorite at this time?

I wouldn't be worried at all. You shouldn't have any problems at all.

If you want to keep their future babies, I would recommend a gasketed/waterproof storage tote/bin with added ventilation. Lots of great easy to access care info here: https://www.invertebratedude.com/p/madagascar-hissing-cockroaches.html?m=1 If you don't use a gasket bin you will probably end up...