What mite is this?

I've tried nuking them in the past and could not get rid of them. I ended up not growing anything for a bit and starting over with new clones after a few months. I thought they were gone after that and went through a few flower cycles. I've never gone through a flowering when I've noticed they were there. But I just recently noticed they are back. During veg I don't find any damage. I just see them crawling on the outside of the solo cups and know they crawl up the plant cause if I take clones they always end up on the new plants as well and I've seen them on the root riot plug I use. They look like possibly mold mites from pictures I've seen but I've yet to confirm and even if they are I don't get how they can be so resilient.
 
never seen that one before. Are you sure they are eating your plants?

I’m 90% sure it’s some sort of mite because it’s shape and it has 8 legs.


What region do u live in?

The tail is throwing me off. Maybe a grain mite? Do you use any grains in your soil?
 
Kegs said:
never seen that one before. Are you sure they are eating your plants?

I’m 90% sure it’s some sort of mite because it’s shape and it has 8 legs.


What region do u live in?

The tail is throwing me off. Maybe a grain mite? Do you use any grains in your soil?
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No I'm not sure it's doing any harm to the plants. I'm in Arizona, but the first time I noticed them was after getting clones from southern California. It was mostly just bugging me cause I knew I'd have them on my hands if I pick up the pots, 😂 and I'd rather not have any bugs whether they're good or bad unless I know what exactly they are. I'll be running a flower cycle with them soon if I can't get rid of them and then I'll know for sure if there's any harm. No grains, it's just straight fox farm ocean forest soil.
 
onedumslack said:
No I'm not sure it's doing any harm to the plants. I'm in Arizona, but the first time I noticed them was after getting clones from southern California. It was mostly just bugging me cause I knew I'd have them on my hands if I pick up the pots, 😂 and I'd rather not have any bugs whether they're good or bad unless I know what exactly they are. I'll be running a flower cycle with them soon if I can't get rid of them and then I'll know for sure if there's any harm. No grains, it's just straight fox farm ocean forest soil.
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It could be a predator bug but I’m having a hard time identifying it. Would you say it moves fast? Fast bugs eat other bugs generally.

8 legs
Soft body
Tail
Clear
Maybe 0.5-1mm?
Is it fast?

Seems to live on the outside of the cups more than the plants. That’s another factor that leads me to think it doesn’t eat the plants.

Do u have any soil pests like fungus gnats, thrips or root aphids?
 
onedumslack said:
No I'm not sure it's doing any harm to the plants. I'm in Arizona, but the first time I noticed them was after getting clones from southern California. It was mostly just bugging me cause I knew I'd have them on my hands if I pick up the pots, 😂 and I'd rather not have any bugs whether they're good or bad unless I know what exactly they are. I'll be running a flower cycle with them soon if I can't get rid of them and then I'll know for sure if there's any harm. No grains, it's just straight fox farm ocean forest soil.
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The only thing I had early last year in Arizona was spider mites on my outside plants. I want to say in April they went haywire. Not sure what that is, but that is more because I'm a newer grower and haven't had anything but the spider mites before...
 
awake(N) said:
Could come from the ocean forrest too.

If they don't seem to be doing damage...
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Yeah that's what I suspected. I need to do a flower cycle to see if they even matter. Also I picked up some promix recently and was thinking of switching to that also to see if they're still there after that. I planned to take new cuts and dunk them in Athena for a week before putting into the plugs and then into the new soil in a clean tent.
 
Kegs said:
It could be a predator bug but I’m having a hard time identifying it. Would you say it moves fast? Fast bugs eat other bugs generally.

8 legs
Soft body
Tail
Clear
Maybe 0.5-1mm?
Is it fast?

Seems to live on the outside of the cups more than the plants. That’s another factor that leads me to think it doesn’t eat the plants.

Do u have any soil pests like fungus gnats, thrips or root aphids?
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I'd guess they're not very fast but I don't have any other bugs to compare them to. There's a video attached on the second post that shows the speed.
 
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