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Message: <blockquote data-quote="octanejunkie" data-source="post: 49447" data-attributes="member: 3872">Sorry for long delay!I agree and I did a bit of clean up and replaced all the soiled roach bedding (egg crate) - the next day there were few if any mites on the glass.I'm actually not sure they are mites, but they are super small and oblong shaped, like dashes. I don't have strong enough magnification to see them with any real detail - but I suspect they are mites.After doing a bit of research, I've found that mites are naturally occurring in many many places, including skin mites on humans, and that there is at least one specialized species of mite that lives on cockroaches eating mold off of their exockeletons (Popular Science, August 19, 2009, by Natalie Avon "Mites keep cockroaches mold-free"). While the study cited hissing cockroaches in particular, by Joshua Beniot. Interesting albeit a brief read.After several days of monitoring the roach tank after changing their egg crate "bedding" no significant instances of mites seen... is it over?</blockquote>