Help with whip scorpion

[Venomous Fang]

I notice some white bugs which look to be mites maybe, around my whip scorpion they aren’t on him they are just around the enclosure and very little of them. Are these beneficial ones or something else or something to be concern about.

 

[pannaking22]

They could be mites or they could be springtails. It's hard to say without photos or some description of the potential pests. Springtails will jump around when disturbed and tend to be more oval in shape, whereas mites (at least the common ones in enclosures) are round or teardrop shaped and don't jump when disturbed.

 

[Venomous Fang]

Well I saw some springtails too but I also so those things.

 

[pannaking22]

Ah ok you've probably got some mites in there too then.

 

[Venomous Fang]

Yea a mixture of both but I see more springtails then the mites. What should I do is it okay to have them there or get rid of them, the mites.

 

[darkness975]

Sounds like grain mites. Not harmful but in large numbers very unsightly.

Clean up any refuse and food remains.

 

[Venomous Fang]

Sounds like grain mites. Not harmful but in large numbers very unsightly.

Clean up any refuse and food remains.

The soil isn’t really moist and there’s like very little of them and there’s no food there at all in the enclosure.

 

[darkness975]

Grain mites are always around. Even a bit of moisture could draw them, which is real fun when you have species like P. imperator in your collection that needs moist substrate.

In small numbers grain mites are not a threat. Just a bit annoying to see if you're OCD like I am.

 

[Venomous Fang]

Grain mites are always around. Even a bit of moisture could draw them, which is real fun when you have species like P. imperator in your collection that needs moist substrate.

In small numbers grain mites are not a threat. Just a bit annoying to see if you're OCD like I am.

Yea I am too they do kinda bother me but since there’s very little it's okay for now, so if I start seeing more all I need to do is dump the soil and but new soil and then it’s done right?

 

[Venomous Fang]

And even in large numbers they aren’t harmful just unslightly like you said right? And I don’t have to do anything about them right now correct?

 

[The Seraph]

Maybe this will help
://arachnoboards.com/threads/all-you-need-to-know-about-mites.309211/

 

[Venomous Fang]

Maybe this will help
://arachnoboards.com/threads/all-you-need-to-know-about-mites.309211/

Thank you

 

[Venomous Fang]

Maybe this will help
://arachnoboards.com/threads/all-you-need-to-know-about-mites.309211/

Wow thanks again that makes feel a lot better, my whip scorpion is still small and I was afraid those mites might cause problems but since they are okay and harmless I feel a lot better about that and I know what to do if they are getting to over populated thanks again that helps a lot. But from reading that form should I get spring tails then?

 

[The Seraph]

Wow thanks again that makes feel a lot better, my whip scorpion is still small and I was afraid those mites might cause problems but since they are okay and harmless I feel a lot better about that and I know what to do if they are getting to over populated thanks again that helps a lot. But from reading that form should I get spring tails then?

I would get the springtails since they are not as annoying as mites and Amblypygid need high humidity.

 

[Venomous Fang]

Mines the tail kind does that need high humidity too?

 

[The Seraph]

Can you post a photo? Perhaps give the latin name?

 

[Venomous Fang]

Sorry I’m not good with the Latin names I just know them by the names they give them. I think it’s uropygids idk if that’s the right or correct name for it I’ll show you a picture but I don’t think I got the giant version of the vingaroon.

 

[The Seraph]

Oh, well never mind about the humidity. I was thinking about something else.

 

[Venomous Fang]

Oh, well never mind about the humidity. I was thinking about something else.

Oh do these type of whip scorpions don’t need humidity?

 

[The Seraph]

They don't mind damp substrate to burrow in. Most of the time humidity is irrelevant when talking about inverts, though there are many exceptions such as mantids, Amblypygid and some others.