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Old 05-06-2008, 08:34 PM
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Default Tiny white mites???

I have just opened a new bag of bark substrate and found a few tiny, and i mean tiny, white bugs.

Does anyone know what they are? too small to photograph, they're like walking pinheads.
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Old 06-06-2008, 03:33 AM
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basically they are cork bark mites lol cork bark is always riddled with them best thing to do is put it in the freezer or in the oven to kill them
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Old 06-06-2008, 09:24 AM
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You can freeze them, bake them or microwave them.
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Old 06-06-2008, 08:46 PM
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Cheers!

They're yukky!!!

We nuked the cork bark!
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