Weird bugs in my cages..

There are like these weird light greyish type small bugs in my cages like the size of nats and this weird white kind of larva I suspect thats what it is under the bedding, anyone know what these might be or how I can permanently get rid of them without messing with my moms allergies since she is allergic to most pestisides, I had them once before, completely cleaned out the cages and everything but they came back.. Someone said they might to fruit flies but I know for sure they are not, they don't look like it or fly, as i've observed, any help would be nice.

 

Is it possible that the white larvae are baby crickets?
What kind of substrate are you using?

Maybe a pic or two might help.

 

Forest bed, the stuff that you put in water and it expands.

 

Sounds like baby crickets.

Tim.

Got a magnifying glass?

 

These aren't baby crickets, they look different, and are smaller.

 

Can you get a pic of them?

Tim.

 

change the bedding
they might be mites and those are a huge pain to get rid of.

 

How often do you change the bedding? and what type of gecko's do you have? if it's a leopard, then you can put it on sand, or carpet. You maw want to concider getting some ceramic tile and using that on the bottom of the tank. verry easy to clean.

 

Packaged bedding that is based on wood byproducts are often infested with wood mites. That is a common problem with several brands of aspen bedding in particular. Woodmites are harmless to reptiles, assuming that is what they are. George

 

I think they might be wood mites, I just washed the whole tank and put the bedding back in, and I see the larva again, I will take the cage to the chicago reptile house to check it out, I am sure rick knows what they are.

 

Bake your substrate before using that will get rid of everything. Just make sure your there the whole time or else you could catch your house on fire.

I had the bugs once when i used repti bark, Can't remeber what they are but i know their harmless to herps, but you still don't want them in there.

 

oh and don't use sand or carpet for leos. Sand can cause impactation and they can get their toes caught and possibly ripped out with carpet.

 

sand is fine to use... its part of there habitat in some parts, ive never had impaction, and they thrive on the stuff. they come from desert/grassland areas, that change throughout the year, from compleate desert to somewhat moist.