How many different types of Cannabis Mites can you name?

[HidingInTheHaze]

Last night I was checking some old mothers for spider mites, I did find a few spider mites on a few leaves but I also found a different kind of mite on a few leaves.

They were by themselves on the leaf, there was about 5 of them on the leaf I looked at. They were smaller than spider mites, very hard to even see under 45x.

They were clear, more so tear drop or oval shaped, with what looked to be 2 antennae coming out of their bum. They dont appear to have harmed the plant as far as I can see, but I dont know if they are bad mites or good mites.

I did release some predator mites about a year ago, but don't think these could be them as they dont look like the predators I used. And I just dont know how they could have survived with so many nukings of neem over the year.

I have been looking at pictures and can't figure out what kind of mite these were.


I know they are not broad mites, russet mites, spider mites, Phytoseiulus persimilis, Neoseiulus californicus, or Mesoseiulus longipe .

If you know any kinds of mites other than these that might like cannabis plants could you name them so I can look them up?

 

[GreenGuySF]

I can't name any more but I gotta say this description seems exactly like broad mites
What are the characteristics that made you rule out P. latus?

Although if you found 5 and there is no apparent damage that alone could rule out broad mites.. they tend to create damage before population is high enough to find any

 

[Moppel]

it aint their offspring?

think i read once that there are like 14 diff kinds of mites.

 

[moses wellfleet]

Your description could be californicus, it is unlikely you would notice broad mites with the naked eye and you would see damage... What type of predator did you release in the first place. You must remember they will take on a different appearance once they have fed, may even change color.

Mites also have five distinct stages in their life cycle in which they change appearance, so it is also possible that you are viewing nymphs that have little resemblance to the adults that you originally released or vice versa.

 

[HidingInTheHaze]

I can't name any more but I gotta say this description seems exactly like broad mites
What are the characteristics that made you rule out P. latus?

Although if you found 5 and there is no apparent damage that alone could rule out broad mites.. they tend to create damage before population is high enough to find any

I dont think it's broads because I don't know where they would have came from, I don't buy growing medium and I haven't taken in any clones in over a year. Last time I got some clones that's how I got spider mites.

I've been looking at mite pictures for 2 days but haven't come up with what these could be.

I trashed the moms because I didn't feel like dealing with the spider mites that were on them so I can't go look at these mystery mites, I'll just have to run off my foggy memory. From what I remember I think they were a different shape then broads.

The closest thing I have found to what I remember seeing is a Steneotarsonemus pallidus aka Cyclamen mite.

I hate mites, they are the worst pest because you can barely see the little fuckers.

 

[dr.penthotal]

Take a look at this.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=233404

He's a chinese guy who studied his whole life on mites...
this is his book. I think he can name them all.
hope it helps as it helped me in understanding.
peace
dr.p

 

[HidingInTheHaze]

Hey thanks for the link Dr.P, I don't have time to go thru it right now but I will definitely give it a good look later.

Gotta love the internet, such a wealth of scientific information out there if you know how to look. I have a link for you too, but I can't post it so I'll drop it in a rep comment

 

[HidingInTheHaze]

Ugh...I am pretty much 100% positive on my identification of Cyclamen mites. These seem the be some of the rarest of all garden pests and there is not much info about them.

Looks like there is no chems that kill them, I will just have to take clean cuttings and bury the mother plants in a deep hole. Luckily they dont spread too fast and can't move from plant to plant like spider mites and they are only on 3 of my oldest plants, in very small numbers.

The biggest down side of these mites is that they can barely be seen, even under 60x I can barely see them.

My guess is I got them from either some dirty item from the hydro store, or they came in on my shoes.

This is a new one to me, I have never seen too much mention of these mites affecting cannabis.