Tiny mites on ivory Millipede.

[Venomous Fang]

Okay does anyone here know what kinda of mites that are on my Millipede, they’re like tiny and a light color and don’t seem to move much or at all I tried I got off all the ones I can on the top of the Millipede but there’s some underneath, idk if these parasitic mites of some sort which I’m reading is rare or the beneficial mites that is usually on this creature. I mange to take one off was hard to getting a pic of it. Can someone identify what mite it is.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Sounds like phoretic grain mites due to overfeeding fruit, etc.

 

[Venomous Fang]

Are these harmful ?

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

They are the result of excess food which can be harmful in itself, but they are not harmful in small numbers.

 

[Venomous Fang]

They are the result of excess food which can be harmful in itself, but they are not harmful in small numbers.

They’re like stuck on the Millipede and do I have to take em off or no? I just got the Millipede yesterday

 

[Venomous Fang]

So does anyone know about these mites, they’re tiny and white I think kinda hard to see the color.

 

[Polenth]

There's no way to identify the type of mite from a picture of a cotton bud with specks on it, but as has been said, they're probably grain mites. They latch on sometimes, but they don't feed on the millipedes... only on the food. You don't need to remove them from the millipedes. The numbers will drop in time if you don't overfeed. Springtails are also a good idea for clearing up leftover food before the mites get to it.

 

[Venomous Fang]

There's no way to identify the type of mite from a picture of a cotton bud with specks on it, but as has been said, they're probably grain mites. They latch on sometimes, but they don't feed on the millipedes... only on the food. You don't need to remove them from the millipedes. The numbers will drop in time if you don't overfeed. Springtails are also a good idea for clearing up leftover food before the mites get to it.

Well thank you, sorry about the photo it’s the best I can do. I’ll give it some time then.