[ROLS-LA]

I'm using ROLS and I'm trying to identify these tiny bugs. Last cycle they exploded all over the soil, wooden beds, and random objects, but barely touched the plants at all, except for in a few places. I sprayed green cleaner and essential oils a few times but I'm not convinced if that's why they disappeared. They appear to be back and in a hatching stage in this new run. Their legs look a little like spider mites under the macro lens but none of them ever grew large enough to spin a web or cause any problems so I am not sure. Right now they look like white moldy specks until you notice they are moving. These macro photos are from last cycle when they were bigger but still tiny. Another photo shows them all over the sprayer.

Any help identifying them will be greatly appreciated; I already tried consulting various pest guides. Thanks!!

[ROLS-LA]

Also a ton of ants showed up to eat them last time and again this time but I am not sure if they can control them... do ants eat spider mites??

[AgentPothead]

Hey bro you are in the wrong forum, you should be over this a way https://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?f=83
Also, just as a guy who is brand new to this, that looks like one of the dreaded mite invasions, but somebody who knows more can better answer in the correct forum.

[weedtoker]

do they move "relatively fast" compared to other critters? Can't say for sure, but consider Hypoaspis miles before freaking out...

cheers

[HuffnPufferfish]

spidermites have hairs on them, predatory mites dont(ok one does), and they look more like spiders, small head and large body behind it, spider mites are more 'equal shaped'