Mites in feeder container

[Nicole C G]

So I know there is like 1000 threads about mites, but I couldn’t find one about this specifically. So mites made their way into my fruit fly container, and I was just wondering, would it still be safe to feed the fruit flies to my jumping spider? What are the chances they are parasitic? Probably low right?

I’m asking this because I can’t get more right now, and my jumping spider just molted and is hungry.

 

[The Snark]

Tyroglyphus farinae Grain mite. Flour mite. Born pregnant, more or less. Slightly less prevalent that dust and conspiracy theories. Not parasitic unless you're a member of the cereal group.
If you live in rice counrty get used to hermetically sealed jars or keeping everything grain in the fridge. Rice harvesting machines with their powerful chaff separator blowers are the ideal mite distributors making certain a billion mites per square meter get distributed evenly twice a year.

 

[Nicole C G]

Tyroglyphus farinae Grain mite. Flour mite. Born pregnant, more or less. Slightly less prevalent that dust and conspiracy theories. Not parasitic unless you're a member of the cereal group.
If you live in rice counrty get used to hermetically sealed jars or keeping everything grain in the fridge. Rice harvesting machines with their powerful chaff separator blowers are the ideal mite distributors making certain a billion mites per square meter get distributed evenly twice a year.

Thank you! Figured it was something harmless (to animals)

 

[The Snark]

@Nicole C G It's sort of nifty the system they evolved. Males develop earlier than females, emerge and station themselves around the ovipositor, inseminating females as they emerge. Then they initially are tiny and easily get blown about by the slightest breeze.