New Arrivals in my Mantid's Enclosure

[Joe Caruso]

Over the last few days I've noticed the arrival of small flying insects living in my mantid's enclosure (not fruit flies, much smaller). They're pretty tiny, about 2 or 3 mm's long (less than 1/8 of an inch), and a dark grey-ish colour. They're not bothering the mantid at all, and both flies and mantid seem to take no notice of each other.

I know my description is pretty vague, but can anyone suggest what these little buggers might be? I'm hoping they don't multiply much beyond their current numbers. I'd rather not have to remove the mantid and clean out the whole enclosure.

 

[idolomantis]

lightmoth or tripses totaly harmless i have lots of them.

 

[Birdfly]

Pure guess work but "scuttle flies"?? look them up

 

[acerbity]

This happens to any animal enclosure if you don't clean it well!

It's easy to see why the idea of spontaneous generation caught on so well before microscopes. :lol: