Beneficial soil mites- oribatid

[lemmy714]

So a soil mite called the oribatid mite is a type of mite that eats decomposing organic material as well as other soil dwelling insects. These a thought to be beneficial because they eat pests, help to decompose organic matter in soil and don't hurt the plant. Has anyone had these before? If so, can you tell me if these are them? I'm afraid these are root aphids if not mites
One of my seedlings died, afraid these might be the culprit. I dug the seed out of the rapid rooter and these were underneath inside of rapid rooter

 

[Diabolical666]

Its a root aphid
I opened my cloner box today and popped out a root cube and noticed these fuckers all over em. With some research I found Bayer shrub spray works best. Im going to go het some and see if it works...I read also that this treatment has to be done every other day till gone and maybe thereafter...

 

[lemmy714]

I tried Nuke Em. It didn't work. I'm trying sns203 next. I'll try nematodes after that if it fails. The only reason I'm not doing the Bayer is because the main ingredient is imachlorpid which is systematic. It stays in your plant for 2-3 months. I will resort to this as a last resort. Please let me know how it works for you.

Its a root aphid
I opened my cloner box today and popped out a root cube and noticed these fuckers all over em. With some research I found Bayer shrub spray works best. Im going to go het some and see if it works...I read also that this treatment has to be done every other day till gone and maybe thereafter...

 

[lemmy714]

Also do not use Bayer on flowering plants.

 

[Diabolical666]

nope...but you can give them a neem drink in next watering to kill em

 

[Diabolical666]

Also do not use Bayer on flowering plants.

oh I see what you are saying...yeah...no doubt on that. I dont spray anything in flower, so I have to fix it before then. I sprayed my medium with avid before i ran out to get some bayer. Will throw out the clone box and clean it with scolding water (maybe go threw the dishwasher ever). Will saturate my medium with a drink of neem...then 2 days later i will spray medium with bayer. I looked at many of the products and their was some that was a systemic spray

 

[Redwood Ninja]

Its a root aphid
I opened my cloner box today and popped out a root cube and noticed these fuckers all over em. With some research I found Bayer shrub spray works best. Im going to go het some and see if it works...I read also that this treatment has to be done every other day till gone and maybe thereafter...

That's not a root aphid it's a soil mite. I have these in my 30 gallon pots and theres no plant in the pot yet. The soil mite decomposes organic material and isn't necessarily a bad bug

 

[PadawanWarrior]

So a soil mite called the oribatid mite is a type of mite that eats decomposing organic material as well as other soil dwelling insects. These a thought to be beneficial because they eat pests, help to decompose organic matter in soil and don't hurt the plant. Has anyone had these before? If so, can you tell me if these are them? I'm afraid these are root aphids if not mitesView attachment 3427406View attachment 3427408 View attachment 3427406 View attachment 3427409
One of my seedlings died, afraid these might be the culprit. I dug the seed out of the rapid rooter and these were underneath inside of rapid rooter

Where did you hear it was a orbatid mite? The pics are kinda blurry, but it looks like a hypoaspis miles mite.

Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Hypoaspis miles)

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