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...had a mite infestation in his enclosure. Luckily, the females are in their own enclosures, and after checking there doesn't appear to be any mites in their containers at all. I've already taken him out and brushed the mites off of him with a paintbrush once last week, as well as changed his...

I have 1 (half liter) bottle of Predatory Mites to give away for free! (Bottle is half full!) I found mites in with my beetles and I ordered a bottle of Predatory Mites to get rid of them (from here...

...when humidity is high.   12+ Mixed: $5     Springtails & Mites:   *Springtail culture purity guaranteed to be at least 75% or more of the selected species. Some cross...

Edit: best way to remove the mites is by spraying the beetle with a spray bottle quite a bit, and rinsing it under the tap on cold water.   I have a polyphemus beetle that has recently left it’s pupal cell and emerged, and it is covered in a decent amount of grain mites.    My question is...

...is to be expected, she's very old. But something seems off and concerning. We've been having serious out breaks of fruit flies and grain mites. Even after cleanings, the grain mites quickly come back. Luckly, unlike last year, none of them are on my insects. I usually see them on the tops of...

...a few large dynastids currently pupating, and I opened up their containers to check on the moisture level, and I noticed these tiny, dark red mites on the underside of the lid. Most seemed to be dead, but a few were moving around. They aren't like any mites I have seen before, they are dark...

Hello, one of my stag beetle larvae has a lot of mites and I'm concerned because its is always near the surface of the soil, and it also seems to be bothered by them.  I know that you can dry the mites out if you put them in dry wood shavings, but I only heard it from people who are doing it for...

...tarsi segments(I don't know how), but he can still move around just fine and can enjoy bathing in the water again. Yesterday I did find grain mites in my millipede tank and a few in my nieces roaches and little millipede tank last night and now some in the scarab tank today, none on the...

Are grain mites fast? I used to get tiny whitish mites that were small and slow moving, and I thought those were grain mites. Now all my cages have large (for a mite) brown and fast moving mites. They crawl all over the substrate, not just where there is food. They somtimes will crawl on my...

I have some mites in my grubs container's and while I have not noticed any ill effects, there seems to be a lot of "freak out" about them on this forum. I see some level of mites in my isopods and fruit fly cultures but they have never been a concern other than creating allergies. In terms of...

I once had a hisser that had mites. I don't like them, but I guess it is usual with some hissers. Can these mites transfer to darkling beetles, or do they solely live on hissers? And is there an easy way to get rid of mites on hissers? I heard rinsing them off with warm water. 

Help from @wwbeetlefarm Having problems with mites on your larvae or adults? There is a way to help get rid of them.  Buy some Aspen wood shavings. Get a nice, dry enclosure. Put the shavings in the enclosure, then add the beetle or larva.  Larvae will be fine for a day or two and adults...

So I had these mites that were reddish brown and shiny and fast, and they were in all my cages. Recently I have been replacing the substrate in my cages and putting springtails in them. This has been working, and almost all the mites are gone. But NOW I found 2 new types of mite breeding in my...

I noticed today I have small, very small white mites all over my substrate… They aren't the mites you need a toothbursh to get off beetles or larvae. They seem to like the damp white wood and also enjoy the beetle jelly. They look like this http://tinypic.com/r/wbb72d/8 My question is this...

It all depends on the level of infestation and the species of mites. Grain mites are the most common and can deplete the nutrients in the substrate and cling to the larva’s spiracles. Around how many mites are there in one place that you can see?

...to me) and if all goes well, I'll try Phileurus truncatus and Mallodon dasystomus again.  Maybe some Goliathus goliatus! I want to avoid mites, especially grain mites.  What are the latest (and tried & true) methods and techniques that are currently being used to prevent, control, and...

Hi all, This is my first time breeding beetles, so I'm still learning.  Earlier this year I had a Chrysina gloriosa get apparently eaten by mites after it emerged.  So I saw a ton of mites in my D.tityus pupal chamber containers and it looked like they had emerged in the chambers so I took them...

I sometimes have issues with grain mites. I keep food on a dish, foil, and bottle caps, but  my new rainbow dung beetle likes to drag her food in her tunnels and my millipede eats a grain-based kibble. What's the best type of mite-ridding critters I can use for my inclosure that won't hurt...

...where Mikey hangs out at. I see nothing that could of contributed to this though. I've also recently been finding some type of tiny white mites(I think they're mites. Mold mites?). They seem to be on their banana only in clusters though and I thought it was mold until it started moving! Is...

...USDA website (https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/import-information/permits/regulated-organism-and-soil-permits/insects-and-mites/CT_Insects) the phrase: "USDA does not require permits for dead insects and mites (with the exception of dead bees in the superfamily Apoidea...