• In case most of you have not noticed, I made changes to the donation amounts as well as the durations for all of the paid membership levels. Things are winding down here, and this seems to be the most prudent way to deal with the "end of life" period of this site.

    Contributor level members - $10 per 30 days
    Sponsors - Eliminated
    Benefactor level members - $25 per 30 days
    Endowment level members - $50 per 30 days

    Account Upgrades Page
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

PREDATORY MITES For Sale On EBAY 🐜 Are They Effective??

J

jacuoco88

Member
Joined
Mar 26, 2012
Messages
96
Reaction score
1
Points
8
Location
New York, NY USA
I found several different listings on the US based eBay site offering PREDATORY MITES for sale. There are numerous species being offered:

- P. persimilis
- Neoseiulus californicus
- Hypoaspis Mites

I'm curious if anyone has knowledge if these are the predatory mites which I've heard about being used to control parasitic mites which are known to infest tarantula and centipede enclosures. The listings make vague reference to agricultural uses. Has anyone on Fauna used these types of mites with success and has anyone purchased them off the listings on ebay? Thanks. 👍
 
Those mites that cluster on your spiders arent parasitic, they're Acarus siro- the grain mite.

They cluster and go dormant as a form of phoresy and dont attack animals. they do, however cause great discomfort and can harm millipedes/centipedes/larvae by blocking spiracles. the only way to prevent grain mites is to sterilize substrate and grow your own feeders and freeze food before feeding it to them.

As for these predatory mites, they are mostly used to kill spider mites.

Hypoaspis is used to control fungus gnats, the others are used to control spider-mites.
 
Only time ive used predatory measures was on mostly indoor plants. They seem to work well in that aspect but they where spider mites, not the type that effect animals.
For the reptiles P.A.M is most effective, but I dont think its good for tarantulas & or millipedes.
Good luck

Chris
Bandspythons/Facebook
 
Back
Top