Dirtbag
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Yeah those are bulb mites, MiMed called it on page 1.
The don't have fliers...look I believe they have a symbiotic relationship with fungus gnats. I believe they catch rides with fungus gnats because they rely on fungus and decay as food. Bees get mites and transport them , this is not beyond imagination.
DON"T USE IMID , it makes mites lay more eggs.
Sulphur , malathion, pyrethium if you roots can handle it.
Sulfur kills every might even scabies in humans. These little fuckers due to them living in soil have had every pesticide we ever invented . Pyrethium knocks out eggs.
They use sulfur to keep the infestation out of bulbs, it always works but is less effective as a control.
Did a sulfur and malathion dip and it was the only thing that got rid of the crawlers...I am gonna follow with Met fungus and pyrethium once my root zone is healthier.
No root aphids burrow into the root and eat the nutrients the plant is trying to uptake.
They have no relationship with fungus gnats.
There is much misinformation here.
Everything I wrote about root aphids is from university and industry agriculture guides.
And the advice I took here was from an educated and experienced grower with a degree and a job as groundskeeper as well. @Dirtbag
Dude those are Hypoaspis miles, theyre a beneficial predator mite. Those are not root aphids, RA's have a more truncated head.Heres pics of the root aphids i have...100% identified i can see thevtell tale ridgesnon the back in a video. Unfortunately I can't upload it.
Wonder where the ones i have always had went off to..lolRoot aphids and fungus gnats will happily co-exist for a long long time. Ask me how I know lol.
No! Dirtbag i have a video...they're 110% root aphids. If you seen the video you would most likely agreeLol dude those are Hypoasis miles, a beneficial predator mite. Those are not root aphids, RA's have a more truncated head.
H miles is a fungus gnat larvae predator lol. You're problems lie somewhere other than insect pests bro.Wonder where the ones i have always had went off to..lol
What kind of spider mites genius?Spider mites
Well the pic you showed is H-miles 120%.. and that would explain where you're fungas gnats went.No! Dirtbag i have a video...they're 110% root aphids. If you seen the video you would most likely agree
Why were they on my roots thenH miles is a fungus gnat larvae predator lol. You're problems lie somewhere other than insect pests bro.
What kind of spider mites genius?
I didn't go to all that trouble of making the video for someone to tell me there just spidermites. LOL
I'm looking for someone who's got experience differentiating them. Tetranychidae, which includes about 1,200 species.
H-miles is a soil mite that lives in the soil and eats things like fungus gnat larvae. If that pic is what you have, you have H-miles and it's a good thing.Why were they on my roots then
Is there any report of Tetranychidae from soil ??
I collected some mites showing characters of Tetranychidae associated with stone from Syria.www.researchgate.net
Seems diapausing females go into soil..still reading
That's what I took from those pictures, looks like a predator that was eating on something in the soil, so beneficical, if I'm not mistaken. But he indicated they were slow, so that is concerning.H-miles is a soil mite that lives in the soil and eats things like fungus gnat larvae. If that pic is what you have, you have H-miles and it's a good thing.
That's what I took from those pictures, looks like a predator that was eating on something in the soil, so beneficical, if I'm not mistaken. But he indicated they were slow, so that is concerning.
Bug identification is indeed a complicated subject to say the least.
Thats funny cuz some zip around these are fastervthan the others...ill try and get photos instead of video..ill hush til then sorry op for blowin your shit up yoThat's what I took from those pictures, looks like a predator that was eating on something in the soil, so beneficical, if I'm not mistaken. But he indicated they were slow, so that is concerning.
Bug identification is indeed a complicated subject to say the least.