I agree with Arachnophoric. Psalmopoeus spp. are definitely doable. I kind of jumped into the deep end and bought one as my first arboreal before getting an Avicularia avicularia and I have no regrets. It *is* MUCH faster than my avic, but also has a better feeding response and tends to be...
I think they both end up looking very similar once they reach adulthood. I got fooled when I first started looking into various Avicularia spp. and related genera, thinking that they all looked very different until I realized those different colors were from slings and juveniles.
I got the same thing with my Caribena versicolor that I ordered from Jamie's. It was OK for a while, but I moved her out to a drilled enclosure after a few molts because it seemed like the enclosure wasn't drying out like it should have been.
If you want to knock the mites off you can always use the shake 'n scrape method we use for beetles (though it will DEFINITELY piss off your scorpions). Get a jar and fill it halfway with cornmeal, then place the scorpion in it. Shake until the mites are free and then retrieve the scorpion...
They look like Isotomid springtails. I deal with mites every day (<-- acarologist) and they don't look like mites. That's just based on what I can see in the picture though. The fact that they have antennae at all means they can't be mites. Even the bigger prostigmatid mites that hold their...
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