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I should probably start off by saying that I've seen these 'mites' long before I started getting tarantulas (only got into the hobby earlier this year). They are tiny little white specks, they actually look like dandruff that moves, though they often look very dark brown or black when against a light background, like a computer monitor that's switched on. They literally get everywhere: Before I had Ts, I would often see them on books, furniture, household objects and they would even find ways of getting in-between my LCD computer screen. I used to think they were just dead pixels on the monitor, until they started to crawl around.
I'll sometimes spot one walking on my mobile phone screen from time to time as well.
I live in the UK and normally see them in the late summer and autumn. I've been living at my current house for 3 years now and started to spot them around 2 years ago.
Anyway, getting to the point... I noticed a bunch of tiny white dots littered across the lid of my G.rosea's enclosure earlier. I assumed at first that it might have just been dust, but when I looked closer, they were moving. I managed to wipe most of them off with a cloth, but I'm a bit worried that they're on my tarantula's cage. I have no idea if they're inside the cage as well, though my rosea seems to be perfectly fine and is acting normally (which is sitting in one spot for hours on end doing nothing, lol).
I haven't noticed any other swarms on any of my other T's enclosures, though I did spot two lone bugs on the lid of my B.boehmei's enclosure.
Does anyone know what these bugs might be and are they possibly mites? I've tried searching for this, though I can't seem to find anything. That said, I don't really know what keywords to search with in this case.
I'll sometimes spot one walking on my mobile phone screen from time to time as well.
I live in the UK and normally see them in the late summer and autumn. I've been living at my current house for 3 years now and started to spot them around 2 years ago.
Anyway, getting to the point... I noticed a bunch of tiny white dots littered across the lid of my G.rosea's enclosure earlier. I assumed at first that it might have just been dust, but when I looked closer, they were moving. I managed to wipe most of them off with a cloth, but I'm a bit worried that they're on my tarantula's cage. I have no idea if they're inside the cage as well, though my rosea seems to be perfectly fine and is acting normally (which is sitting in one spot for hours on end doing nothing, lol).
I haven't noticed any other swarms on any of my other T's enclosures, though I did spot two lone bugs on the lid of my B.boehmei's enclosure.
Does anyone know what these bugs might be and are they possibly mites? I've tried searching for this, though I can't seem to find anything. That said, I don't really know what keywords to search with in this case.