Can You Identify These Mites?

Slow moving bad, fast moving good
Those look like russet mites

3N1GM4 said:

Slow moving bad, fast moving good
Those look like russet mites

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They are slow moving. They are only in soil nothing on the leaves and they are in the worm farm. I want to say they are bulb mites, but they also look like good soil mites.

Slow moving in soil they are recyclers or root mites. I would smear vaseline around the bottom of the stalk on the plant to prevent any from crawling up the plant and then put a good inch or so thick layer of diatomateous earth as a top dressing for the dirt.

3N1GM4 said:

Slow moving in soil they are recyclers or root mites. I would smear vaseline around the bottom of the stalk on the plant to prevent any from crawling up the plant and then put a good inch or so thick layer of diatomateous earth as a top dressing for the dirt.

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Thanks bro I may send them to lab and see exactly what they are. But ya I was looking in to diatomaceous earth but if they were bulb mites it wouldn't kill those. I scoped some roots and didn't see them on there.

No worries man. Although the fast good slow bad theory usually is aa good one not inthis case. Those are fine. How do I know? I've had them plenty. At first I was very nervous but after watching them coexist with the fast movers I felt ok. Planted in the amended soil they were living in and never had a problem. Let the soil dry out a bit more than usual and they will pretty much go their own way. Good luck.

Look at a bug called the hynopasis miles bug. It's a bennificial mite that love fungus gnat larvae.
Rumor is that ffof has them added sometimes to fight FG.

Those could be ok.

Best of luck. Peace

the guy above means hypoaspis miles mites, and is right. they only appear when your rhizosphere is in full harmony. they jump out of the media when you water. happens most in coco

the guy above means a springtail that jumps from your media when watered lol

ShroomKing said:

Look at a bug called the hynopasis miles bug. It's a bennificial mite that love fungus gnat larvae.
Rumor is that ffof has them added sometimes to fight FG.

Those could be ok.

Best of luck. Peace

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Thanks they all look so similar it's crazy I'm aware of the hynopasis mite but google the bulb mite they look the same.

Hyponaspis miles bugs run around looking for larvae to eat flailing their two front feelers about in front of them. If they are miles bugs and they are moving slow in your soil they must have a big food source like lots of fg larva. I have had miles bugs and these are not them, they dont have the front feelers. These are more likely eating the organic matter in your soil and or your roots.

Those aren't hypoapsis miles. To big and to slow. Hypoapsis miles are fast movers and much closer to brown in color.

3N1GM4 said:

Hyponaspis miles bugs run around looking for larvae to eat flailing their two front feelers about in front of them. If they are miles bugs and they are moving slow in your soil they must have a big food source like lots of fg larva. I have had miles bugs and these are not them, they dont have the front feelers. These are more likely eating the organic matter in your soil and or your roots.

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check these out the first ones are Garkic bulb mites (they look very similar to mine) the second one is a Miles they both look similar.

Maybe if you had some miles bugs they would get fat, you try biowar or nematodes?

Do yours have that long head ? If so your cool. And if they aren't feeding on roots I think it's ok. And miles Bugs Don't have any tailpipes.
Peace

ShroomKing said:

Do yours have that long head ? If so your cool. And if they aren't feeding on roots I think it's ok. And miles Bugs Don't have any tailpipes.
Peace

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The head isn't to long to its body. Are tail pipes the hairs coming out there ass? They do have that. Thanks!

3N1GM4 said:

Maybe if you had some miles bugs they would get fat, you try biowar or nematodes?

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I haven't tried either I want to identify them first I guess the only true way is to send them to a lab.

My thoughts are as so:

Plant feeding mites MUST have a living host. So if your mite population in your worm bin is growing, and there is no living plant, those mites are eating something else.

If they aren't directly attacking your plant you'll be fine in this case.

I have larger red mites in my soil/worm bins which don't do any harm. Along with springtails. And rove beetles (which are bona-fide good guys)!

3N1GM4 said:

Slow moving bad, fast moving good
Those look like russet mites

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Seriously?! Have you ever even seen a russet mite?!


those are bulb mites, they can survive damn near anywhere and show up in some very strange places. They will eat fungus and decaying vegetable material (probably why they found their way to the worm bins) in the absence of roots, strangely their main food isn't just bulbs but bulbs or roots that have a fungal pathogen attacking them. They are not harmful to the crop unless they are present in large numbers, usually in soil they pose no threat to cannabis but in a hydro system they can wreak havoc, especially if the roots are even slightly unhealthy. Some people have mentioned Hypoaspis mites, they are great predators and will likely eat them. just google it to find a supplier they are very common and cheap.

Sry meant broadmite