Mite explosion? Kinda scared for my spider room

[Danji Isthmus]

I hope I'm posting this in the right category. I've been having a bad time picking the right ones (sorry mods)

But my Thanatus vulgaris that I acquired in a cricket order (that I buy for my reptiles as a weekly treat, that is probably stopping now) just seemed to... get devoured by what I think are mites?

Should I be afraid of this or doing something in my spider room to check for mites? I only opened the enclosure to drop in food or mist her, and she was guarding an eggsac for quite awhile(the eggsac was also covered in what I thought were mites).

I wasn't willing to open the container so this is the best shot I was able to get.

Thanks for any insight

 

[viper69]

That is not good at all. It reminds me of ticks, and not the typical grain mites. Typical grain mites those are not, they are super tiny less than 1 mm in size.

 

[RoachCoach]

You need to bake the ever loving jeebus out of your food and substrate

 

[Danji Isthmus]

Thanks guys. I'm gunna do a massive cleanup. I seem to be having a time with odd tragedies

 

[Danji Isthmus]

That is not good at all. It reminds me of ticks, and not the typical grain mites. Typical grain mites those are not, they are super tiny less than 1 mm in size.

I will note that this was taken with a microscope camera, the little creatures are definitely smaller than 1mm. I honestly thought they were growths until I got out the microscope and saw they had teeny tiny legs

BUT I will take the cautious route and clean up

 

[The Snark]

Keep in mind newborn mites can be light enough to go airborne. A sneeze can send them flying all over the room. A natural method of dispersal.