Re: Springtails natural enemy

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That's not a bad idea if you have springtails but I have to wonder if these mites will be atracted to you just like everything else is? And also if you are infested with springtails then these mites are going to have to get on you to get to them and who's to say that once the springtails are gone that they will pack up and leave ?                                        TommySent from my iPhoneOn Mar 28, 2009, at 12:36 PM, "mfrreman" <mfrreman@...> wrote:

If you're feeling really aggressive, buy some Hypoapsis mites from a higher-end garden supplier. These guys cross the eyes at half a millimeter in length, but a single mite will generate a swath of springtail destruction, eating up to 20 of the hapless creatures a day.

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Apparently jays put ants on their wing feathers to help get rid of their

mites - can't quite see me doing that! If it goes on much longer, you

never know...

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> If you're feeling really aggressive, buy some Hypoapsis mites from a

higher-end garden supplier. These guys cross the eyes at half a

millimeter in length, but a single mite will generate a swath of

springtail destruction, eating up to 20 of the hapless creatures a day.

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I posted this a few years back and could find no interest. I had already took

the MMS plunge, one of the first, was keeping the treatment to 1 thing. Plus I

feared being infested by this creature. And also the bio-control thing, thinking

that may have started it all??? But if still infested I might just do it:)

http://www.biconet.com/biocontrol/hypoaspis.html

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> If you're feeling really aggressive, buy some Hypoapsis mites from a

higher-end garden supplier. These guys cross the eyes at half a millimeter in

length, but a single mite will generate a swath of springtail destruction,

eating up to 20 of the hapless creatures a day.

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If you're feeling really aggressive, buy some Hypoapsis mites from a higher-end

garden supplier. These guys cross the eyes at half a millimeter in length, but a

single mite will generate a swath of springtail destruction, eating up to 20 of

the hapless creatures a day.

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> > If you're feeling really aggressive, buy some Hypoapsis mites from a

higher-end garden supplier. These guys cross the eyes at half a millimeter in

length, but a single mite will generate a swath of springtail destruction,

eating up to 20 of the hapless creatures a day.

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