Giant Red Velvet Mites

[gzophia]

Hello everyone,

Does anyone here have any experience with Giant Red Velvet Mites (genus Dinothrombium)?
I have seen them for sale before, and they look quite interesting. They are so big for a mite!

I have read about their natural behavior online, but I am unsure about how these critters would do in captivity.
If anyone has tried keeping these before, I would really appreciate it!

Thanks.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Hello everyone,

Does anyone here have any experience with Giant Red Velvet Mites (genus Dinothrombium)?
I have seen them for sale before, and they look quite interesting. They are so big for a mite!

I have read about their natural behavior online, but I am unsure about how these critters would do in captivity.
If anyone has tried keeping these before, I would really appreciate it!

Thanks.

They don't live very long and maybe grow up inside grasshopper oothecae.