a mite to remember

crimsonecho

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don’t kill these guys if you have them, don’t drench your soil or soilless mix with pesticides, don’t use diatomaceous earth to cover the top soil either because these guys will do the job for free. hypoaspis miles, a beneficial guy all the way. scavengers, so they will eat any pest that spends at least one phase of its lifecycle in soil (thrips and fungus gnats are the obvious pests targeted by these beauties). you may even see them roaming on the lower leaves of small plants or on seedlings too, perfectly fine. they will never ever damage your plants and kill those only which will cause damage. love these mites.

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crimsonecho

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Did you introduce these or did they just come naturally
Good EWC will have some naturally. Even the Wiggle Worm I got had a bunch.
quality organic material and ewc has it as padawan said and they multiply abundantly when you feed them with more quality organic material. this is my indoor compost bin. and this pic is a tiny little tray with dome i use for popping tomato seeds and the medium i use in this tray doesnt even come from the compost bin. its just a seedling mix i keep seperate but once they are there, they’re everywhere always on watch always on duty i love these guys :D
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