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Your cart is empty.Hypoaspis miles a.ka. Stratiolaelaps scimitus.
Works on: Fungas Gnat Larvae, immature thrips, bulb mites,various mites, sciarid flies, shore flies, root aphids, and springtails. Some experience farmers say they also work on rollie pollies and sow bugs.
Hypoaspis are native species of soil-dwelling mites to the North America which work on small insects and mites.
Adults are tan in color and less than 1 mm long.
Hypoaspis are used primarily for young larvae of fungus gnats in the soil or planting media.
Release Rates: 12.5K per 500 sq. ft. or 30 per sq. ft.
Be sure to treat wet areas, potting soil and other areas bad bugs are likely to breed.
Other size bottles available!
Roach
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025
Since I started indoor growing 13 years ago I've used organic soil. Unfortunately, fungus gnats LOVE this type of soil....so much they seem to infest the bags of it at the warehouses. This makes controlling them difficult. I have relied on sticky boards and mosquito bits to keep them at bay, but about six months ago I got hit with them pretty hard.I refuse to use pesticides so going with predatory mites was my next logical solution. Natures Goodguys has been amazing. They answer email questions promptly, deliveries are relatively quick, and this product really took care of the infestation. I recommend reapplying every two weeks to ensure you break the life-cycle.
Ren
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024
I got one of these when I picked up two rehomed snakes the previous owner got rid of bc of mites and the resulting effects (feeding issues). One arboreal, one ground dwelling. It worked wonders for the ground dweller in just a few days. The arboreal still needed supplemental treatment for about a week and a half. Mites arrived alive and came with a cute sticker and reusable ice packs and was packed with dissolvable starch peanuts. Be sure you have soil for them in the enclosure you're putting them into or they'll die out before they can help! Overall, would def use again to treat mites on a reptile that stays mostly on the ground, just not so much for an arboreal species.
Marshall
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2024
I'm in shock... The package was handed right from the delivery person to me, and I could feel it in my hands cold as ice... There was a heat pack inside the package, that even unfortunately lost its warmth, and the inner package was quite cold. However, upon placing a small sample under my microscope, I was delighted to see a very hefty amount of predatory mites present, and quite well. They are smaller and slightly translucent, making them more difficult to see, but there are absolutely tons in this package, and I was not anticipating any survival after the temperatures the experienced, however they were very alive and well!I'm really impressed, and this is the most effective method for me to combat fungus gnats and other soilborne fly larva. I couldn't be happier. I will definitely be purchasing more whenever I need them!
Mike
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2023
Despite other reviewers mentioning no mites in their bottles, I decided to take a chance on ordering anyway. A mistake…I assumed that many negative reviewers just didn’t understand the magnification required to see the mites. Alas, I too did not find any mites in my order.I have a background in Entomology and feel confident in my ability to identify the presence of mites including (roughly) what groups they are in. I examined the media with a lighted 40x hand lens for 20 minutes, carefully combing over vermiculite many times. 12,500 mites were way more than I needed and finding several hundred would have been sufficient for my needs.I have ordered a different predatory mite species in the past, from another source, and when it arrived it was swarming with mites. 12,000+ mites should not be hard to find…Hypoaspis mites are large as far as mites go, and have a distinct body shape with a reddish/orange color. They shouldn’t be hard to find. I did find around 10 mites but they were prey mites presumably: translucent white, long hairs, and very small. Shipping predatory mites with some prey mites is standard practice. Finding only 10 prey mites wasn’t reassuring as well.I didn’t find any dead mites so mass mortality isn’t the issue. Knowing dead mites would be desiccated and therefor much smaller was a driver in my spending so much time searching.It seems that the seller is very inconsistent in their orders, with some orders swarming with mites and others with nearly zero mites. I think potential customers would be wise to steer clear of GoodGuys and seek elsewhere for their needs. If I had a snake (which I don’t) that had a mite infestation that was a health problem, I would be freaked out that I had yet another delay in trying to help my beloved pet.Several days ago I requested a refund and have not heard back yet. If I do get a refund I will amend this rating an review.If you found this review useful, please mark it as helpful so others can get a more complete explanation of considerations to make before clicking ‘Order Now’.
Colleen
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2019
Bought to control root aphids. They do not even attack them. I kept a sample under a dome on camera. The mites will always ignore the root aphids. If you've got root aphids and you're coming to this review, finish flowing then kill all veg then iso it all.
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