predator mites??? who has them???

[shiroitaka]

what are predator mites? what do they look like? and who has some?
jason

 

[nepenthes]

like what they attack things?

if so yes, but they arent as exciting as you might think, clinging on to ants isn't as cool as it seems.

 

[shiroitaka]

no, i've read somewhere that they prey on mites.
jason

 

[Stylopidae]

Predatory mites are used to attack parasitic mites.

Are you referring to hypoaspis miles or another set you've gotten recently?

 

[yuanti]

I ordered some a while back from this place:

http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/hypoaspis.html

I tried another place before that but they canceled my order and told me that they would not be carrying them anymore. There was a post about it someplace regarding mites.

 

[Galapoheros]

Do a 'search' on the forum. There are so many pred mite posts.................

 

[Mr. Mordax]

There's also the type of predatory mites that prey on pest species of mite, not necessarily parasitic. Where I work, we see them sometimes living with rust mites (~0.1 mm long) and once in a great while I catch one eating a rust mite. The rust mites aren't visible to the naked eye, and the predatory mites look like a speck of dust running around.

Generally, predatory mites are beneficial (unless you're raising a colony of pest mites for research :? ), and much more active than their prey items.

 

[Digby Rigby]

Biological controls

Predatory mites will not eliminate pest mites. Like other biologicical controls will cut down but not eliminate the pests. Other means must be used to eliminate pest species. In captivity you dont want to control but eliminate pests.

Digby Rigby

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