Zephyr Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Does any one know where a culture of these can be acquired, specifically for the use of killing reptile mites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten.. Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Do you live in Europe? I know an adres in Holland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I got mine at http://store.evergreengrowers.com/prostore...vlet/StoreFront and I was pretty pleased. I have ordered a few differnt mites from them for various reasons and they were all very effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 Which species works best though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arachyd Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 What kind of mites do you have? I have some Hypoaspis miles on order from Biocontrol Network to help get rid of grain mites. I've read they will help with mites on reptiles too. Depending on which country or state you live in you may need a permit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 For grain mites I would try Amblyseius fallacis first, as they generally eat other mites indiscriminately. Hypoaspis miles will not make much of a dent in another mite population, as they prefer fungus gnats (thier favorite), springtails, fly larvae, and such. For predatory mites to work on reptile mites, the reptiles need to be in a very humid and/or somewhat damp enclosure- not unlike greenhouse conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arachyd Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Well the people at Biocontrol say the hypoaspis will eat anything they can get their mouths on so we'll see. They arrived today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arachyd Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Just an update, the H. miles did the job. If I have another mite problem I'll try the A. fallacis to see how they do. It never hurts to be familiar with more than one remedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt K Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Just an update, the H. miles did the job. If I have another mite problem I'll try the A. fallacis to see how they do. It never hurts to be familiar with more than one remedy. ??? I must have been sleep deprived, had momentary retardation, or something like that and maybe reversed the two mite species in the sentence. I just re-read my post in this thread and I don't know what I was thinking. If you look around maybe on this board but certainly on AB then you will see I have made several posts preaching the benefits of Hypoaspis miles. I think they do eat any other mite, gnat larvae, etc. pretty well. Stick with the H.miles for mite control. Next time I will try to read carefully my own post before posting it. >< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arachyd Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Darn. The H. miles cost about twice as much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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