Help Identifying this creepy crawly

Satch12

Satch12

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Howdy everyone,

Newbie here and am pretty deep into my first flower with females and have started stumbling upon these guys on my leaves and a couple further into buds. From pics I’ve seen online they look similar but not exactly like spider mites so that’s my best guess as of right now, although they seem to not be doing very much damage and I haven’t seen any webs at all. Thinking about just taking the harvest down a little early and then focusing on taking them out as opposed to taking them longer and risking it. Any insight much appreciated!
 

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Boogierook

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Whenever I find one I take a lighter and torch em. They make a nice lil pop sound as they die and return to hell
 
Satch12

Satch12

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Boogierook said:
Whenever I find one I take a lighter and torch em. They make a nice lil pop sound as they die and return to hell
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I like your style. They’re so tiny though it makes me think they aren’t ticks but I guess it’s very possible they’re just early on in their lives. Thanks for the responses y’all.
 
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Johiem said:
Look up "seed tick" full grown 1/8th inch
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Thanks I came across this while reading but just did a deeper dive. They sure as hell look like tiny ticks or mites, given I’ve just started seeing them recently on the plants and don’t see much damage I’m leaning towards the first. Yikes... certainly hope it’s not so
 
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I emailed Buildasoil yesterday about my issue since I am using their 3.0 soil. Today they said it looks like a type of predatory mite and if they’re quick that’s most likely the case which is great for me. So now I gotta figure out why they’re attracted to my plants - I suspect I’ll have better luck being more diligent on ipm foliar sprays next run.
 
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