Are these spider mite eggs?

So I've browsed these forums since I started getting my grow online about a month ago but have just now had the need to post. Recently I saw some yellow spots on the top of my leaves so I bought a microscope to check it out. I've recently done a decent amount of reading on spider mites and what they look like and I am 99% sure I have them, but my optimism is convincing me everything is fine when I know it's not. I snapped some 60x and 100x photos of what I think are mite eggs, I'm just looking for someone with experience(this is my first grow) to chime in and let me know.

I realize there are opponents and proponents of sprays etc, I just don't know where to go from here. I have 20 plants in a veg tent which i assume are all contaminated, 2 plants in a 400w room(10 days flowering) which i assume are contaminated[they were vegged in the same tent), and 4 plants in a 1000w(just got the clones, day 2 in tent under 24/7)tent which should be clean. Today I wanted to move 6 out of the veg tent and into the 400w room, and the 2 in the 400w room to the 1000w tent because they are too tall for the 400w room, but now I'm stuck. What course of action should I take with the vegging plants and the 2 flowering plants, respectively. Do I have to decontaminate the rooms? Is neem oil effective as an eradicator or just preemptive means? How long after treating plants can they be put in a room with clean plants? I haven't done much reading on spider mites because I just fell into this problem. If someone could outline a course of action for me that would be awesome, thanks

...spider mites can very quickly become a HUGE problem so you need to begin researching and pay particular attention to the lifecycle and to the conditions that they like because the best way to deal with spider mites is to make sure your grow doesn't provide them with a nice comfortable place to live.

...also, with an op as you describe it is almost certain that all of your rooms are infested so you'll need to treat them all and don't get all freaked out, they are a pain but they are a bug and so not nearly as smart as you and i promise you that once you understand the lifecycle and the kind of environment they like it will be nothing but a thing for you to figure a way to interrupt that lifecycle.

...one quick way that might work if you do it right is with HotShot NoPest strips that are available at Lowes and Home Depot and the like, what they are is a pad soaked in a chemical called dichlorvos i think and it's surrounded by a hard plastic cage of sorts, anyway, they work by exuding a gas that builds up in the space and kills all the adults, unfortunately it won't do shit for the eggs.

what you have to do is shut your exhaust down for a few hours to allow the gas to build up and kill the mites, then take the HotShot out of your grow and put it into a ziplock bag and put it away for a few days and then repeat, every 3 days for about 2 weeks and that should get rid of them if you also alter your environment so it isn't so conducive to the mite life, lol.

...another thing worth knowing is that soap acts like an acid on mite shells so a couple drops of dish detergent in a spray bottle of water will give you a quick weapon to take out some of them bitch's NOW , lol. ...pay particular attention to the undersides of the leaves.

peace, bozo

...oh yeah, yes, those are almost certainly mite eggs and if you continue looking i'd bet you'll see some crawlers too.

peace, bozo

the humidity where i am has been high recently, but it is going back down and should stay there, along with temps. so low temp and humidity is bad for them i've read. i know i have to interrupt their life cycle and new eggs hatch every 3-5 days so 2 weeks of treatment every other day with a spray works. im curious as to what sprays work best, i've read about neem, mighty wash, adding detergent etc. I live near plenty of grow places and I am just looking for the BEST option to start immediately, I dont necessarily need "the quickest fix" but am rather looking to diligently get rid of these asshole for good. It's about to get cold where I am so I feel like if I successfully eradicate them in the next month I'll be good till it warms up again. thanks a lot for the descriptive post bozo, I was a little freaked looking at those stupid eggs this morning, its just disheartening to have to deal with this when I feel like im clueless

without seeing a live bug I wouldn't rule out those being capitate sessile trich.
Just in case, get a nice big jug of mighty wash and a atomizer.
and if it's mites don't make it sound so easy to eradicate them because it isn't. extreme control in some places is all you can ask.

dbkick said:

without seeing a live bug I wouldn't rule out those being capitate sessile trich.
Just in case, get a nice big jug of mighty wash and a atomizer.
and if it's mites don't make it sound so easy to eradicate them because it isn't. extreme control in some places is all you can ask.

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...you do recall that he spoke of stipling on the tops of the leaves? ...for me that is a definite sign of a likely mite infestation and by itself is almost enough to instigate treatment, they don't call these little bastards 'the borg' for nothing.

bozo

i've been combing the plants for between 30-60 minutes and have yet to find anything resembling a bug. from my plants vegging at 6 weeks to my 1 week seedlings, all of them have these little dots when i put it under 100x. the older ones have more though. the spot on the top of my leaves are only really visible if i shine a light through the leaf(shining from bottom of leaf through, it illuminates some lighter spots in the leaf, similar in pattern to mite infestation pics but not nearly as progressed). it was my impression that thrichs required stalks.. shows how much i know. hopefully these dots are the sessile trichs you speak of. ill go snag some of that mighty wash and the atomizer(normal spray bottle wont do?), heard good things. is there anything else i should look for to indicate an infestation or should i just keep trying to find a bug? im checking out the plants under the 400 to see if they look the same. the plants i have in the 1000w tent i literally just got and set up yesterday, so im going to assume its clean to some degree, ill check those out and use them as a control? you sparked a glimmer of hope with your trich explanation haha

EDIT: the stipling on the top is only really visible when i shine light through the leaf, its not my intention at all to put you two at odds! i really appreciate the advice in my time of uncertainty

Keep looking for live ones with the scope but truthfully if those were eggs theres enough egg that you would spot a bug easily. I'll be one of the first to say mites arent uncommon but in this case id have to see a bug before I called that one. A spray bottle is fine just more work. I use atomists and occasionally a paint sprayer if I want control of my spray .

...can you take a picture that isn't magnified of a leaf that shows the stipling, dbkick is right, if you've spent this much time you should have seen crawlers by now, and you don't need 100x to see them, 30x is plenty good enough to get a real good look and it'll give a wider field of view so maybe it'll be easier to see them.

peace, bozo