>>any of you guys using any type of wood mulch,bedabeast,cocanut husk, ever run into little white wood mites,and if so what do you do about it ,...i dont think they bother the herp ,but i could be wrong.



I ran into a weird little insect last summer that either came in some new aspen bedding or some sphagnum moss. I had to look at them under a microscope, but they were definately an insect not a mite, six legs..not eight. I thought they might be a fly larva, or something like that. Don't know for sure.



I treated a couple cages that had the most of them and they disappeared (Provent a Mite). I think most have disappeared with brumation and they don't seem to harm the snakes in any way. Any other news on this stuff? Do you have a picture of your mites, or have you counted legs?



TC

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• white wood mites?qestion - feedermouse, Fri Feb 6 21:56:02 2004
• RE: white wood mites?qestion - Terry Cox, Sun Feb 8 19:32:52 2004
• Grain mites - jfmoore, Sun Feb 8 20:54:05 2004