Re: soil bugs & anole lunch

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1999.10.29 at 00:18:25(3798) Les, I think these may be algae gnats, fly real slow, breed in the algae/soil, acn be a pest. Don`t think they will be enough for any self-respecting Anole, not enough in them. Cheers, Julius +More >I looked in a couple Alocasia pots in my greenhouse today and saw some little soil bugs - approximately 1-2 mm in size at max. They appeared to have some wing like structures on their back (it's tough to tell when they're that small) but didn't buzz around much higher than a few mm. above the soil level. I can't tell if they were flying or jumping. I didn't see any on the plants themselves, only on the soil. I assume, therefore, that these are some benign soil bugs living off the organic material in the soil and that they're not harming the plants. So here's the question: would these be enough to sustain an anole or two? I had hoped to keep an anole or some other small lizard in my greenhouse but am not eager to introduce bugs or to feed them directly. Les

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