Mites or Springtails?

[Tarantula Tom]

So my little wolf spider (Hogna radiata) passed away some time last night, she was in a death curl in her enclosure for possibly 12+ hours but i’m not entirely sure.

Upon inspection, her deflated abdomen seems to be covered in some kind of mite, if anyone could give me an ID on the kind of mite and also if they can appear after death. I have inspected all surrounding enclosures and there is no trace of mites.

Now the part that confused me is, while cleaning out the enclosure, there seemed to be hundreds of springtails surrounding a dead mealworm which i fed to her only 1 day ago. i’ve never introduced springtails myself and have no idea where they may have come from. I also have not found any trace of them in any of my other enclosures.

So, what are these mites and where did they come from? and am i right in saying these are springtails?
(photos below - 3rd pic is what i believe to be springtails, i know its not a good pic i was using a macro lens and it wouldn't let me upload the video so i had to screenshot)

 

[birdonfire]

Mites. Last photo seems to be springtails. They're detritivores and omnipresent.

 

[Tarantula Tom]

Mites. Last photo seems to be springtails. They're detritivores and omnipresent.

Thanks, so is it likely they appeared after the spider died? and what is the likely hood of them moving into surrounding enclosures?

 

[kingshockey]

they probably been there already a while and just went to your spider as a source of food once it died depending on the condtions you keep the other cages they can already be in those also damp sub lots of corpses not picked out etc.

 

[Tarantula Tom]

they probably been there already a while and just went to your spider as a source of food once it died depending on the condtions you keep the other cages they can already be in those also damp sub lots of corpses not picked out etc.

Thanks, i'll have to keep an eye on the other enclosures.