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<blockquote data-quote="bugboymark" data-source="post: 326373" data-attributes="member: 9488"><p>Had to throw a comment in on this one! I know I've mentioned it before on previous posts/threads...but the I think L2 European nymphs were the most difficult to raise of any I've experienced. I've had L2s that are as small as the Europeans, but most seemed willing to tackle stuff that was a little bigger. The only thing that worked for me (as D. melanogasters were too big apparently) was to catch the <em>smallest </em>gnats I could find. Would catch them with a plastic cup on top of flowers in late spring/early summer. It was a lot of work and only a few made it through to later stages. Small aphids would work too, if you can find them. It often makes me wonder how the heck these little guys make it through in the wild! </p><p></p><p>Anyhow, if I had known about springtails at the time, I probably would have used those. Easier than crawling around trying procure little gnats that I could barely see. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bugboymark, post: 326373, member: 9488"] Had to throw a comment in on this one! I know I've mentioned it before on previous posts/threads...but the I think L2 European nymphs were the most difficult to raise of any I've experienced. I've had L2s that are as small as the Europeans, but most seemed willing to tackle stuff that was a little bigger. The only thing that worked for me (as D. melanogasters were too big apparently) was to catch the [I]smallest [/I]gnats I could find. Would catch them with a plastic cup on top of flowers in late spring/early summer. It was a lot of work and only a few made it through to later stages. Small aphids would work too, if you can find them. It often makes me wonder how the heck these little guys make it through in the wild! Anyhow, if I had known about springtails at the time, I probably would have used those. Easier than crawling around trying procure little gnats that I could barely see. 🙄 [/QUOTE]
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