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  • David

    Moderator
    April 4, 2023 at 1:17 pm

    Hi,

    What insect species are you looking at?

    Here at Inagro we have had problems in the past with mites in our Tenebrio rearing that can explode in a matter of days. However, they were quite easy to control/eradicate when the ventilation increased combined with a slightly lower humidity.

    I do read a lot of issues at small scale, at home colonies on the different FB groups. I do assume most are related to a lack of ventilation and therefore high humidity micro climate.