Princesandwich
Arachnopeon
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- Jun 25, 2009
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I can see tiny little brown dots all over my Emperor Scorpion, and i was just wondering if it could be mites? Also do mites hurt the scorpion? And can tarantuals get the same kind of mites?
Do you think that's wise ecologically to spread non native mites around? I mean, i guess we do it with H. miles, but that kind of thing freaks me out. It's always things like mites or other parasites that start wreaking havic on areas they're not supposed to.The pic is of hypopus stage grain mites imo, the most common mite prob in the hobby. We need a pic of your scorp to get a good opinion at least. Personally, I have some kind of predator mites in my cages that seem to take care of that prob. I had an emp that was covered like that in the pic with hypopus stage grain mites. I introduced these other "assumed" pred mites and the scorpion was clean in 3 months. I'm trying to get them ID'd. If they are proven to be beneficial, I will try to spread them around. They do well with tropical stuff.
I saw those once and lost the site do they pester the inverts much. I know they weren't cheap but they said something about these burrow too and the other mites don't.:?The pic is of hypopus stage grain mites imo, the most common mite prob in the hobby. We need a pic of your scorp to get a good opinion at least. Personally, I have some kind of predator mites in my cages that seem to take care of that prob. I had an emp that was covered like that in the pic with hypopus stage grain mites. I introduced these other "assumed" pred mites and the scorpion was clean in 3 months. I'm trying to get them ID'd. If they are proven to be beneficial, I will try to spread them around. They do well with tropical stuff.
They are predator mites, "parasitic" shouldn't be mentioned with these but as I said, I'm still working on an ID. People don't want them unless they are ID'd 100%, I've already experienced that. It would be interesting to hear more about distribution after they are ID'd. They certainly came from other pedes or from leaves I introduced to the containers. I noticed them with my native stuff, ..before I started buying non-natives, I've had them for years. Also, many of the things we treat for bad mites are also "non-native", it can go in a circle like that. I know there are diff factors like the odds of infestation because of size and other things. Anyway, that's the point of getting an ID in the first place, to know what they are before I might "spread them around
Anything that kills mites also kills scorpions, they are both arachnids.You know I have parakeets and when one of the birds I bought had mites, I hung up some type of mite killer in the cage that does not hurt the birds, but kills off the mites. It worked. It was white. Parakeets are very sensitive to pesticides and everything - my point being, I wonder if you went to a bird store and checked one of those out to see if it could be used in the scorpion tank?
I wouldnt go that far by any means. The class arachnida has over 100,000 species. That's like saying all mammals would react the same to antibiotics and not all humans even do that. However, i'd follow that rule just out of cautiousness. sorry, to be "that guy."Anything that kills mites also kills scorpions, they are both arachnids.