WTH?!!? I have several plants in my garden, and havent had much of any problems (little fungus gnat problem that quickly went away thanks to the info on this site!!!), until two days ago when I purchased 2 bags of FFOF soil. I mixed in some additional perlite out of a fresh bag, and this morning when I was checking on my girls, I noticed something moving on top of the soil.
I picked up a few with the tweezers, stuck them to some tape, and looked at them through the microscope.
They are some form of a mite... not sure that they are spidermites though. They are white, not red, and they almost look like a predator mite, but i cant tell. When i look at spider mites online, their legs look like they are arrainged with 4 facing straight forwards, and 4 straight back.
These white guys have legs that are more radial, meaning they are more equidistance around the body. But, then I saw a picture of a spider mite in the nymph stage, and the color looked right... still a little different on the legs.
Are these white dudes spider mites, or are they good mites?
I will try to get a picture of them posted, but i am not sure I will be able to take a pic through the microscope.
Thank you in advance for any help.
trip.
I picked up a few with the tweezers, stuck them to some tape, and looked at them through the microscope.
They are some form of a mite... not sure that they are spidermites though. They are white, not red, and they almost look like a predator mite, but i cant tell. When i look at spider mites online, their legs look like they are arrainged with 4 facing straight forwards, and 4 straight back.
These white guys have legs that are more radial, meaning they are more equidistance around the body. But, then I saw a picture of a spider mite in the nymph stage, and the color looked right... still a little different on the legs.
Are these white dudes spider mites, or are they good mites?
I will try to get a picture of them posted, but i am not sure I will be able to take a pic through the microscope.
Thank you in advance for any help.
trip.