can a seedling have spider mites ?

biggerbud420 · Apr 26, 2021

can a 3 or 4 day old seedling have spider mites? when my lights came on and opened up my tent on 1 of my pots i saw 1 red bug that looked like it jumped up on the pot rim it was real small im surprised i saw it i did kill it i am growing in pro mix moisture control with perlite

mancorn · Apr 26, 2021

Doesn’t matter the age of the plant, mites are everywhere outdoors so yes it could be on a young plant. That said I doubt if it’s “jumping” or moving quick that it’s a bad mite.

I have lots of these little red guys running around my yard. They’re super fast. I’m not sure what they are, but never seen them grazing on plants. (This is a shot glass size Dixie cup.)

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biggerbud420 · Apr 26, 2021

it looked something like that maybe a lil smaller you sure thats not a tick lol

mancorn · Apr 26, 2021

bigdaddy420 said:
it looked something like that maybe a lil smaller you sure thats not a tick lol

It’s way smaller then a tick, I was totally zoomed in. It’s smaller then an ant head. (Those are male pollen sacks at the bottom of the cup.) When I squish them they leave a little red spot. I think they’re concrete mites (https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1588) as I primarily see them on my brick patio. But I’ve seen a bunch of sites confuse concrete mites (which eat other mites) with glover mites (which eat plants).

I have seen larger red mites on my plants, intermixed with 2 spotted mites. I’m not sure if it’s just a different stage of the 2 spotted but they look like this. These are a lot bigger than the little bug in the video and much slower.

Wh1teScorp1on · Apr 27, 2021

Spider mites live dormant everywhere, even in your house. You brought the take out now they showed up to party. Get some neem oil, dr doom or pure crop 1. The last being the best and most expensive. If you can’t afford the good stuff the dr doom is next best

biggerbud420 · Apr 27, 2021

Wh1teScorp1on said:
Spider mites live dormant everywhere, even in your house. You brought the take out now they showed up to party. Get some neem oil, dr doom or pure crop 1. The last being the best and most expensive. If you can’t afford the good stuff the dr doom is next best

i got neem oil my seedling are only 2 or 3 days old i do not want to burn them with the oil

sfniners84 · May 18, 2021

mancorn said:
It’s way smaller then a tick, I was totally zoomed in. It’s smaller then an ant head. (Those are male pollen sacks at the bottom of the cup.) When I squish them they leave a little red spot. I think they’re concrete mites (https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1588) as I primarily see them on my brick patio. But I’ve seen a bunch of sites confuse concrete mites (which eat other mites) with glover mites (which eat plants).

I have seen larger red mites on my plants, intermixed with 2 spotted mites. I’m not sure if it’s just a different stage of the 2 spotted but they look like this. These are a lot bigger than the little bug in the video and much slower.

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Whats that pic taken with a regular camera

mysticepipedon · May 18, 2021

biggerbud420 said:
i got neem oil my seedling are only 2 or 3 days old i do not want to burn them with the oil

I agree.

If you ever see Nuke 'Em, by Flying Skull, buy a bottle. Very effective against mites and other soft-body pests.

PipeCarver · May 18, 2021

biggerbud420 said:
i got neem oil my seedling are only 2 or 3 days old i do not want to burn them with the oil

Wash them off.as best you can and do it daily. Isolate and keep in a sterile environment. Use a hand sprayer with something covering the soil so as not to saturate the soil with water daily. 1 in a few days = 33 x 33 x33 and so on daily if you're not on top of this. Water knocks them off but not the eggs so you need to keep at it until no more eggs or bugs crawling. Small plants are easier than big ones to get rid of them on but if they're crawling on your babies you've got some troubles to deal with. Kill them all, their grandma's grandpa's mommies daddies their children and there eggs.

biggerbud420 · May 18, 2021

it was nothing my plants are fine no pest

mancorn · May 18, 2021

sfniners84 said:
Whats that pic taken with a regular camera

The video was taken with an iPad (digital zoom) so not great. The CU picture of the red mite isn’t mine, just pulled from online. I suspect the red mite pictured is the adult female two spotted, and the male is the clearer body with distinctive black spots (as when I’ve had an infection, I see both).

I’m not sure what the little red guy in my video is. I see then all over the yard, patio, outside on the house, and occasional inside. I’d bet it is some sort of mite, but it doesn’t go after plants. And unlike the two-spotted which you see grazing on the bottom of the leaves, these little guys are zooming around like crazy.

ComfortablyNumb · Jun 22, 2021

The little red one is a chigger I think.

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