My ENTIRE Collection may be in DANGER !!! ~ PREDATORY MITES !!!!
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I’ve kept tarantulas for over 20 years and it looks like you’ve lost the tarantula and haven’t check on it and it’s invited mites.
Those these mites look like Acarus siro, which would have eaten off the mould, the reason why the roach hasn’t died is because they don’t drink haemolymph. They would have hitched a ride for better food.
Since you’ve removed the source you’ll be fine, though each female can lay nearly 1000 eggs each, so that’s the reason why they explode in numbers. Had the same issue.
Just wipe down the areas with bleach and keep and eye on it for a couple days and all will be fine. 👍🏼👍🏼
Yo thanks for the advice man!
I really hope what you said is the case here.
lol exotic commented also this comment has 137 likes and only exotic commented
Man u both r experienced I don't know nothing at all but I know that the tarantulas as u guys own i love them!
Very nice of u to five him advice. Not too many would take the time to write this.
Wouldn't the spider's corpse start rotting and smell like garbage after a while?
At 9:30 you can see a mite move and hide under the wood, so I think you need to clean that area very well, or maybe just give the entire room a deep cleaning as soon as possible.
Where?
@@indmamba As he says "Are those mites?", you can a yellow dot in the center of the screen that moves toward the right and disappears under the wood.
Yep I seen it
@@PhantomWolf64 good spot! I can see it. It crawls into the small gap going down he definately needs to do a deep clean! Your comment needs to be at the top so hopefully he has more chance seeing it
I saw it go right in
Maybe the Tarantula died first and the mites showed up to feed on it? That would mean what you saw was the mites leaving the enclosure to find another food source?
That's exactly what I say happened. The mites on the roach are looking to hitch a ride to better areas with more food.
I was going to say it looks like the spider might of died first and maybe that’s how they came about first
Yes they do that. That's what happened in my roach bin
Yesssss this was my first thought 💭
As someone else mentioned, the roach, although covered in mites, looks healthy. Maybe the T died and the roach was the culprit of the missing T? Mites just came along due to the decomposition. Idk
The fact that the WHOLE ENTIRE tarantula is gone is crazy af
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Blows my mind he never even knew it was gone?
@@loganbaileytarantulabehavi1574 Indeed. They're still pets, and pets are not toys/items. They need care and check ups. I doubt this T got eaten in a day or 2...
My fossorial species hide away for weeks sometimes longer. But I always keep close tabs on them. And if I dont see them for longer than a few weeks I start spying on them in the early morning hrs. And if no dirt in a clean water dish after 1 week I rehouse them. Even if they dig down and cover the entrance of the burrow they still come out at night every week or so to drink and leave proof in the water dish. Wierd he had a T vanish. It takes a good amount of time for the T to be eaten down to nothing. I use a Ring doorbell camera and place it on the tank of any T that hasnt been seen in 2 weeks or so. That way it sends a message to my phone when movement is noticed. And if 3 weeks go by and nothing I do a rehousing.... Food for thought
@@Lulu-xl5cm he easily neglected the care of this T for a month or 2...
Mite infestations like that don't happen over night either, not to that degree anyways.
Steam cleaning gets rid of mites really well.
How 264 likes and no reply
@@Twentyfivedawg Wow! UA-cam stopped notifying me after the 3rd like 😂.
He can hire me right; now and I'll scotch guard for free
Yep
@@Repti-verse cuz spam
These are dustmites, they breed a lot in poorly ventilated areas with higher humidity in the air... That means your T's room needs ventilation and if possible, sunlight for a period of the day. (Dustmites don't breed where the sun hits)
They are controversial in the tarantula hobby 'cause some say they are predatory towards T's and some say they aren't... I had those mites (or really similar ones) and they would just move out eventually if I kept humidity to the water dish only and brought more sunlight and ventilation into the room...
But they were on the cockroach?
Bad news is: they are going to infest your whole house if you don't do something fast. They breed reeeeeeally fast... I noticed them in my room one day, the week after I would still find those mites around the house eventually
@@AndreNavacinsk the tarantula was gone, I don't think the roach ate it...... just saying
@@DietaryCandle true… Dust mites can bite humans… :(
Clean that area as if it's stained by blood and the police is after you
Haha a good analogy 😂😂
Dude lazily sprayed some expired bug spray on the enclosure before even checking if the spider was still alive, and them didn't even think to get a cloth and some bleach. Hopefully he never finds himself in a situation where the cops are after him because he wouldn't stand a chance.
@@mydogeatspuke well it's a great learning opportunity
@@hanneehallem3000 he doesn't read comments. He's been given loads of really good advice every time he makes a mistake and then a couple weeks later he does it again.
@@mydogeatspuke Who has a disgusting name like that and why?
tip: try and move your T’s to a temporary enclosure and do a deep ‘steam’ clean of their enclosures. get rid of the soil etc used in them if you can and rebuild as many as you can. if not then try and get plenty of ventilation in that room and ensure the room gets as much sunlight as possible, you can get temperature bulbs which might help (?)
Those look like soil mites. Betting the ones on the roach are due to the high volume of them over predation, and they fed and bred off the (unfortunately) dead tarantula. Still a ton of them, and wouldn't hurt to clean the area.
Also, if you have springtails, I'd toss some in all the nearby enclosures, especially humid ones, to keep them at bay.
springtails get eaten by mites. not the otherway around.
Second that
Try and install better ventilation for your T’s room, hopefully they clear up if you do that
I think this might be something people have been telling him for a while now without much reply or addressing of this problem... Does he even read comments haha
@@nayticatellamy15110 I don't think so
I’m kinda new to his channel so I don’t know xD
His room is air conditioned
But like he needs a better one that’s what I’m sayin’
Some good news on mites is that mite species are typically highly specialized and may only feed on one type of food or have one host species. So it is best to identify the mites because they could possibly be a species that feeds only on roaches.
But the tarantula was gone, so it's more worrying as they might have feed on the tarantula before they get to the roach because they have nothing to eat. It could be they just come out because they just finished eating the tarantula
Nice info. I think maybe the tarantula was already dead which then drawned the mites to infest the enclosure and eat the corpse and finally they come out like that ...
I hope you have read your comments. People are saying that they can see mites in the wood on your shelves. They are saying that you need to do a deep clean with steam. I hope that you have read their comments and have begun to clean your enclosure room ASAP. I hope the situation is under control soon.
I had that feeling of tingling in my back and neck every time E.L. shows the mites.
Is it possible that these mites appeared because she died? I remember your video last year where mites had gotten to another one of yours. Regardless, its very strange that there's next to no body. How long had it been since you seen her??
Also I noticed a Web next to the enclosure, is it possible that she escaped?
Yes completely possible, in fact highly likely, that they were drawn to a decaying corpse as with many insects. Very concerning that there's no remains, as the only explanations for it paint him in rather a poor light.
Maybe the mites came for her molt, stayed for the roach, and the spider managed to escape. He is pretty diligent to his T's and knows how they behave. This one liked to not be seen, so it's harder to keep track of the hiders. I'm going to hope the T escaped somehow and ran away....or the massive amount of mites devoured her until hardly anything was left...sad 😥 😔 😟
@@mydogeatspuke what else could it mean? Sorry I'm still learning all of this.
@@Dylan-bj3zy for there being no remains? That she escaped and he didn't notice is the only other explanation, which would be difficult for such a large animal. The enclosure would have been found open, which is highly unlikely to ever happen as spiders aren't stronger than magnets, and if they were then none of his enclosures would be fit for purpose. Which would mean he would need to have left it open and unattended and then not checked before closing it. Or as is far more likely, she was dead and eaten by the insects. Which means he would have been tossing in roaches and not checking that they had been eaten. If they are predatory mites like he suggests then this could have been developing for a month or two, maybe longer. That's a long time for a dead spider to go unnoticed and a lot of uneaten (by her) roaches. At the very least he should have noticed mites on the roaches and suspected there was an issue within a week or so. The problem with many of these pet UA-camrs is that they have far more animals than any one person can reasonably care for and so neglect frequently happens. Even if you wouldn't see your spider roaming their enclosure, you would still check the enclosure for things like pests and mould, strange growths, and that the prey is being eaten even if you don't witness a takedown. You wouldn't just throw in prey and otherwise ignore them, which is what it looks like he has done for this to have happened, which means it's likely his whole collection is subjected to the same level of neglect. We already know that he rushes mating and has killed many males due to impatience and improper set up and lack of knowledge, and that despite a wealth of information in the comments, he continues to ignore it and make these really basic mistakes that cost the spiders their lives. At best it's very poor husbandry, and at worst he is knowingly harming these animals for views. Either way it doesn't look good for him.
@@mydogeatspuke thanks so much for the thorough answer, I really appreciate it. All of that is very unfortunate but makes sense sadly enough. He does leave their enclosures open frequently and walk away to do a couple things before returning. My son got me into this channel and although he's still very young, he pointed that out to me right away. I don't know how any one person could reasonably handle that many pets and have any time left over to do other things. The rushed breeding really shocked me to be honest, seeing that one killed by the female in his video a few days ago was hard to watch. I didn't like the fact that he basically knew things would go bad but he did it anyway without introducing them in a catch cup first or have something available to separate them as I've seen others do. All of these possibilities seem reasonable and as you said, none of them paint him in a good light.
10:50 the left wall is very dusty looking. The eggs look like dust.
Ye hopefully he sees this comment
I noticed that too but seeing as he films his vids months in advance and uploads them when a vid is due, we're basically just talking to each other about this in the comments.
They look like the Grain mites that have infested my whole invert room. Every roach bin I have has them. I have been fighting this for months since the summer rains have hit and the humidity went up. They don't seem to be predatory, even though they are all over the roaches. Check your roach bins, I'm not sure what you feed your roaches besides fruit, but I found out that dog food and oat meal was the issue and was what brought the mites in.
I think I saw him feed his roaches dog food in a past video?
Take care of your roach bin, and hope your roach bin is not infested by mites anymore
Yup. They're literally unmistakable. I've had the struggle twice this year, it's hell! Good luck
I've found that the best way to keep them at bay is to keep the enclosures dry except for near the water dishes. And to also clean any insect remains immediately afterwards. Note: I do not have tarantulas.
I get the grain mites in my fruit flies too. 🥴
I would say put each tarantula in a small container to isolate and deep clean every time enclosure/shelf but that would be so much work to do
Be aware that just because they are congregating on your roach, doesn’t mean they are hurting it. It’s possible, though. Wish I could ID the mites. Best of luck. 🍀 It’s mainly about minimizing the mites. I have mites in warmer months and I just clean everything over and over and surfaces etc.
Move the clean ones around it first! That way if any drop while moving/cleaning the infested one you can easily clean/disinfect the surrounding areas without cross contamination
Omggg that’s so scary! I hope your T’s are okay
I used to keep all kinds of reptiles before I got into Ts. I got these kind of mites in one agama enclosure. They only infested one enclosure and the area around it. I got some spray and a mite killer that was chunks of yellow stuff you put into a container and put holes into the lid and put it into enclosure after cleaning the enclosure thoroughly and sprayed everything down with the mite killer. I was lucky, and none of my other reptiles got them, even though I had shelving and two other enclosures on same shelf. I wish you the best of luck!
I went thru this recently with my feeders. I lost a lot. I believe they gave me some lung issues so wear a mask when dealing with them. Wiping them off nonstop and drying out room helped eliminate them too
Omg, praying for you and your Tarantulas! I love you guys and I love your videos! 🕷️💜
Yikes. That's nasty. Hope your tarantulas are ok.
I hope you can somehow take out all the mites quickly.I love your content ❤️
I know this is a pain but I suggest taking out the enclosure around it and see if it’s on it, like do a full sweep incase of ants, death crawls or mites
I would move the neighbor T’s before I touched that main infected enclosure, they will all have to be sanitized....
Wash them curtains and everything fabric you can bro
If the mites are leaving the enclosure its a good sign that the main food source is gone, which probably was the dead T. Mites do take alot of time to get rid of an entire T, so saying you caught it early isnt realistic. Most probably they already spread to other enclosures. I had mites aswell and i guess alot of tarantula keepers do have mites at some point, but if you rly do keep an eye out its easy to spot them before the population explodes like they did here and to be honest if you would taken a closer look at your enclosures you would have spotted them probably weeks ago.
“Oh, I lost the roach, well, let’s keep moving, she will eat it later” there you go!
Exactly what I was thinking.
Yep
This is opposite of Qui-Gon Jinn’s quote “there’s always a smaller fish”😳
12:09 Omg this white roache is so cute! 🥺 it's been years since I saw one! Also, I wish you good luck and that everything will be ok with your tarantulas collection😊
Woah its rlly is beautiful
It won’t just be the end of the tarantula room it would also be the end of this whole channel
Lol same cause he's fucking negligent with his pets.
Did you spray and wipe the shelf immediately after moving the enclosure off it? Or have someone else wipe that as you already touched the enclosure?
The two most popular insect specialists used to control spider mites are a lady bug named Stethorus punctum and a predatory mite named T. pyri. These insects prey on two types of spider mites, the European red mites and the two-spotted spider mites, which are agricultural pests worldwide. Much of Biddinger's work is in Pennsylvania apple orchards, a prime target for both types of pest mites.
I think there are predatory mites that prey on other mites specifically available online. You should buy a few clutches of them and release into all the enclosures for safety measure
Hopefully he does this so we can make a thanos meme for him.
"I used the *mites* to destroy the *mites* "
@@somayyehabbasi4905 Ants Canada actually used ‘good’ mites to kill the ‘bad’ mites that were attacking his ant colony.
Fight fire with fire.
Looked it up using the ants canada vid as a resource They are hypo asps mites and for sale for about 20 dollars
Had the same problem a week ago. Found out it's my roach colony. Grain mites.
Spray the enclosures,shelves and room also with new mite spray and put all enclosures in sun for 2 hrs it will kill all mites and Don't forget to spray every thing and every corner in the room and every corner of shelves 👍👍👍
Oh man, something similar happened to me today D: My bioactive bin with springtails got invested with tiny spiders, and they prey on my poor springtails. Stuff like this happens so fast and it's nearly impossible to know what caused it.
First thing you need to do is get the Tarantulas out of the cages that have mites and rehouse them. take those cages out of the room. vacuum and clean the room very well with a HEPA vac. Wipe down is good also of all surfaces. set up a lot of ventilation and air fans because mites can't stand air movement. Drop the humidity in the room also. There are many other removal tech out there. Good luck. Clean clean clean. And triage your spiders asap!
It's too bad he doesn't read comments because this is really good advice.
Even if he read the comment I doubt he will do that , he don’t care
Yeah when does he ever read these comments? I swear the comments have tons of better solutions to his problems or other things
@@lacymcknight5043 he films videos way before he uploads them
between the expired mite spray, the fact you hadn't checked on the tarantula in months, and the mushroom spores, it's hard for me not to believe that we're looking at a period of neglect here
I agree. It has been several times that I see that he is negligent with his pets, not only with tarantulas. The same thing happened with snake eggs and now that we realize that he does not pay much attention to his pets. Can we report that to any authority?
@@nannocku can’t report that to an authority bc spiders are meant to be left alone 😑😑
Seeing all those mites made my skin crawl.
I've had those mites all over one of my tanks and all over my frogs in that tank and I found that they were harmless and appear when there's a high amount of mold or a dead creature. They are a harmless cleanup crew that will appear out of thin air if there isn't already a cleanup crew in that area. The problem of why they were on my tank in the first place is because I had mealworms in an enclosed plastic container on top of the tank and it quickly started to grow mold when I fed them produce so they appeared in the container and just explored the tank but didn't harm any of my animals at all. I removed the problem and kept the lid off of the container and they went away.
Wow I really hope you got rid of all the mites. I didn’t even think such type of mites existed. But I hope everything goes well! Your a great UA-camr!
9:31 you can see a mite crawling in between the shelves.. or it looks like it at least.
I had the same mites on my mealworm breeding bins, they spread everywhere around my room. I had to throw away all my mealworms and disinfect my entire room.
thats so amazing keep it up
Best of luck, man. That's a nightmare!
Having the same problem only with my ant colonies, mites came off a dubia. I let loose some mite hunting mites, hoping it will solve this issue
I think mites are not cause of death, but death tarantula cause mites
Oh no ! D: i hope you get it sorted! fingeres crossed everything goes well
I really hope these frickin' mites didn't/won't spread!
Wishing you the best of luck! I'm very sorry about your deceased tarantula😭
You'll need to check in on your T's as often as you possibly can so that none of the others die!🥺
They "Mite" need to leave your Tarantulas alone
*Clap* *clap* *clap* good job
*slow clapping*
*Get out*
@@C4llM3R4v3n you added a space fix it please
Leave
is it possible the T had been deceased for awhile and the dead T attracted the mites?
Thats also my opinion, they look like those mites, that appear when there is a deceased food item in the enclosure. Those mites dont actually feed on their "host" but use it as a transport to other food sources. They also have it that they gather in the water dish. I think your T died and attracted them and their population exploded because of the huge amount of food.
Which is sad...because it suggests neglect...
Have you watched this guy's videos? I don't know him personally, but I highly doubt he neglects any of them lol.
@@pixiethebug been watching for a long time actually.
Then how could you even think neglect?? We watch him feed and water the tarantulas, watch him rehouse them... Looks like he spoils them.
Even the most careful keepers can end up with mites. A close friend of mine keeps snakes, loves em all and she still got mites.
Wish you luck keep up these amazing videos
Damn, I hope all is ok. I love this channel
Try puting alcohol in a basin and put the enclosures each in their own basin making a little moat almost around each enclosure? I do that with my grain mites in fruit flies.
Tarantula: why is it snowing on my enclosure?
Tarantula: Why is the snow starting to eat me?
Love your videos, thanks
Straight up got jump scared at 5:57 by that roach LMAOO
I had a horrible infestation of them in my collection, hypoaspis mites helped a lot, they ate all the bad mites and then ate each-other and the infestation was over in under a month
I have a question what happened to your bearded dragon
I ve been lucky enough only to have them once (due to crickets) - what i can say is clear the whole tank! , the shelves, surrounding areas EVERYTHING - like you said they get everywhere and speed is deffo of the essence!! Then hopefully they won t spread - also totally agree with what alot of other people have said, keeping things on the drier side really helps -- sorry about your T too, good luck 😯
Im having goosebumps looking at those mites 😣
it's insane though that the mites didn't appear until now. Unless they were all hiding and eating every last scrap of the tarantula before they burst everywhere
Guessing by the sheer number of the mites, they have been there for quite a while in the encloser. Probably started to explore more outside after the roach being put inside. The mites were most likely responsible for the T too :c
Not necessarily. The mites can lay up to 1000 eggs sometimes more so they can explode fast. An most likely the t was dead then they started eating it
Mites are harmless to Ts most are and those who are harmful are rarely found and mostly found on wild caught/wild Ts
Hope you will have/hold it under control, good luck!
Hey I love ur Videos and ur collection, usually I dont like spiders but u make them look kinda cute. I hope u find a solution. Good luck!!!
I would advise changing and cleaning all the enclosures just as a precaution
Bro it would take so long😔I hope he doesn't have to
Its probably the turantula thats been dead for a week or so and the odor attracted the mites, and trust me if only like 2 mites enters the room they quickly multiply
I hope its only that area. Good luck. I love yr channel and yr Ts!!
Omg….thank you for this video. It is itching like bleep just looking, but you gave good information on how to spot the diffrences and what to keep an eye out for. ( have not had the (dis)pleasure of meeting predatory mites and hope I don’t have to, but I also suppose it is one of those things one has to learn how to deal with as a reptile owner eventually despite how good one cares for ones critters.
I do hope you managed to save your critters ( and remembered to disinfect/clean the camera too 😬)
But hope for the best and will keep an eye out for an update!
You know maybe you had an insect get into your room that was carrying might on it and it crawled up to that one translucent closure and the mites crawled off and saw the roach inside and went Ham on it
That's exactly what I was thinking, he always has a lot of videos on weird creatures always crawling around that room they could have carried in the mites.
The whole time watching this, I was screaming at him to put on gloves!!! Like he said they could be crawling all over him!🤮
that's why he took a shower
I agree!!! I would have been too squeamish to grab that enclosed with my bare hands hahaha
Agree 💯% , anything he touched on the way to the shower now has mites on it! 🤞 for him.
Ikr?!! 😨😨😨
He took a shower…
That's scary, plus, knowing the fact that there's only some parts of crispy legs left of your tarantula ... 😬
Best of luck man
Go get yourself some nematodes, they are also a good defense strategy against mites.
Little note: I corrected the post, because the Phytoseiulus persimilis are maybe the ones you already have. So the only way I know to get rid of these without hurting your Ts are nematodes
:(( this is so scary, I hope everyone's okay
The black magic of 2020 is coming back to haunt us, Exotic, really hope you see this because I’m a fan of your vids and I want you to know that it T’s are the soul of your content, I wish the best upon you and your Tarantulas and I hope y’all make it out okay🤚😢 (solute)
Feel for u bro. Had this problem in all my feeder bins. Such an annoying thing to get rid of, hope you got lucky.
Mites can go in this dormant stage for a few months without any food. So if you’re waiting for them to die off you may want to wait a while
Why did the roach survive untouched if the mites devoured the tarantula? Wouldnt they also take out the roach?
Hope everything goes well for you and your tarantulas 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😥😢🤞🏻
i think i saw these dots (mites) in some of your previous videos where you were recording roach colony
I'd still say quarantine that particular roach bin until you can confirm with 100% certainty that it does not have an infestation.
Get a mite spray that’s not expired and spray it all over the enclosures
The way you grab the roach lol
I would rehouse the nearby tarantulas around that one spot into temporary enclosures and take down the enclosures on the shelf. Spray it down with that mite stuff and also give it a whip down with some regular cleaning spray. If the mites went into the other enclosures, you'll notice it and the tarantulas won't be in there for them to die.
weird question, but is it possible that the other enclosures are also infested since he uses the chopstick for all of them? thank you
Yes, it is a possibility
He probably washed mostly everything after the video, plus if that would happen to me I would be STARING at every inch of every enclosure.
They migrate if the climate isn't right for them.
What a stressful situation. So glad you caught it early
early? I'm not sure. That's a lot of mite and the spider most likely got eaten, this doesn't happen overnight I imagine?
please update us as soon as you get info. i hate to see my favorite tarantula guy have his whole collection get compromised by these damn mites best of luck in the mite war.
First time commenting on here but I had never seen anything like that or had never experienced anything like that this is quite interesting.
I would still pull the t’s off the shelf below that one and clean those too.
I hope for a happy ending and that all tarantulas are okay and safe 🙏🏼
WOW WOW 😮 .....dude you’ll have to check each enclosure a couple of times a day.
I have some spider mites that have been giving me hell this summer. I feel your pain my guy.
Omg those mites finished off your tarantula and now they're hungry looking for more, that's why they're out. I would wash the area well and take the enclosures around the area out to the center area for observation. Your only hope is the way your enclosures are displayed. Hopefully the mites haven't had time to make it beyond the wooden frame of the shelving. Yeah that wasn't a molt. Treat the substrate and everything. Then toss EVERYTHING. You don't want to risk your entire collection, it's not worth it man. 🤞🤞🤞🤞
At least he feels antscanada's pain now
papadom
Sadly, yes.
If you ever have it again, just sprinkle green pea flour over the soil. It is fine for isopods, scorpions, tarantulas, Cockroaches, true spiders but kills off mites. Don't know why, but it works. I've had it happen a couple of times in the last 30 or so years
Good luck man. I just lost my T and I don't want you to loose yours. Fight hard.