Wood mites - Page 2

**Aaron_S** · 12-03-12, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by millertime89

As did I, nothing definitive, looks like dust mites is what they would be. Rather than him being a **** about it he could have just said "they're actually dust mites" or whatever he thinks they actually are.

Hmm, without a pic how could anyone really come up with anything else? You just claimed that "wood" mites eat poop and urates. False. You're the *** who spoke before actually doing research. Passing bad information off as fact. Don't listen to someone simply because they are your friend.

PS. Dust mites don't eat feces either.

KORBIN5895 · 12-03-12, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by millertime89

As did I, nothing definitive, looks like dust mites is what they would be. Rather than him being a **** about it he could have just said "they're actually dust mites" or whatever he thinks they actually are.

You can't see dust mites with your naked eye so try again.....

Jay · 12-03-12, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

You can't see dust mites with your naked eye so try again.....

I was just going to mention that.

Wildside · 12-03-12, 07:12 PM

Are they the little red ones that run around on concrete in the summer?

**Aaron_S** · 12-03-12, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

Well as you've mentioned, I do. The brown ones are spring tails, though. Wood mites are white or light gray, but they also do the same thing.

I wish you wouldn't post half information in regards to what wood mites eat.

Springtails will eat just about anything but doesn't mean we should be using them for this job. I think it's unfair since it's not their natural diet. Their diet in the wild consist of fungi,decaying plant matter, mold or algae. In captivity most people feed fish flakes, uncooked pasta or something along those lines.

In captivity they are commonly kept in dart frog tanks or small gecko species to help the babies eat something until they can down crickets.

Jay · 12-03-12, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Wildside

Are they the little red ones that run around on concrete in the summer?

Is it bad i still like to squish them

Wildside · 12-03-12, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay

Is it bad i still like to squish them

Um no... The way they smear is really cool. I'm always amazed because I had no idea there was that much bug there.

mykee · 12-03-12, 07:40 PM

It's fun to attempt to eradicate stupidity.

Wildside · 12-03-12, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mykee

It's fun to attempt to eradicate stupidity.

That's really not what I was going for

I just wanted to paint a little bit

**millertime89** · 12-05-12, 12:25 AM

its even more entertaining when you actually accomplish it...

Wildside · 12-05-12, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by millertime89

its even more entertaining when you actually accomplish it...

Painting with the red mites?

mykee · 12-05-12, 08:55 AM

Kyle, the fact that you posted again showed that I failed in my attempt.

**millertime89** · 12-05-12, 02:50 PM

Here's as good of a picture as I could get. Little white/grey mites that you can kind of see, they scattered when I took the water dish off that was covering the poop. Click the image to blow it up to full size for a better view.

GDZILLA95 · 12-05-12, 04:57 PM

Can you find one in the pic and circle it with microsoft paint or something? My eyes are old and even when I enlarged the pic, all I could see was snake, snake crap, and the bedding.

Kiljosh · 12-05-12, 05:30 PM

I have these tiny white bugs in my Skink's cage. They don't seem to bother him as they are never on him. They seem to hang out in the moist soil. I never find them on the dry area I give him.