New garden resident with FFOF. Identify?

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OrgrO

New member

• Sep 13, 2017

• #1

I have a new soil in the garden, Fox Farm Ocean Forest. With that came a new critter to the garden also.
Friend or foe? Looks like some kind of mite but not sure. Any help in identifying these creatures would be appreciated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS8HL2HK_RA&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLHOZhWeqK0&feature=youtu.be

Any Ideas? Their numbers are low. Been hitting them with Azamax, BotaniGard WP and Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew.The girls are all healthy ... so far.

 

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OrgrO

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• Sep 13, 2017

• #2

All activity, so far, is restricted to the soil.

 

buzzmobile

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• Sep 13, 2017

• #3

Hard to say for certain. I couldn't get a good view of how many legs are on that critter. 6 legs = insect = root aphid

8 legs = mite

Good video work, OrgrO. Stay tuned for further opinions.

 

MJPassion

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• Sep 15, 2017

• #4

Those are soil mites...
Nothing to worry about imo.
They're shredders. By that I mean they eat stuff in the soil & make the particulates small enough to feed other soil organisms.

 

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OrgrO

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• Sep 15, 2017

• #5

Thanks for the input buzzmobile and MJPassion.
Without tail pipes I was thinking mite and not aphid. With the activity limited to the soil I was thinking, hoping, a benign soil mite.
The BotaniGard and Capt Jack has really knocked them back. Think I'll back off unless their numbers start to get out of hand. Thanks again.

 

MJPassion

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• Sep 16, 2017

• #6

OrgrO said:

Thanks for the input buzzmobile and MJPassion.
Without tail pipes I was thinking mite and not aphid. With the activity limited to the soil I was thinking, hoping, a benign soil mite.
The BotaniGard and Capt Jack has really knocked them back. Think I'll back off unless their numbers start to get out of hand. Thanks again.

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