12,500 Live Hypoaspis Miles (Predatory Mites) - Guaranteed Live Delivery!

We have bioactive reptile vivariums with soil, humus, and coco fiber mix substrate that use natural insect cleaners and have occasional grain mite, fruit fly, or fungus gnat explosions if things get unbalanced. Boosting our cleaners will eventually outcompete the pests for food but it can take many months as they find any other sources around the house to also live off of. I'm also in an agricultural area of the midwest and mice are inevitable every fall but this local population around the farmhouse we moved into comes with a parasitic mite. They can end up killing my gerbils and cause the cats and dogs to itch sores as the mites desperately look for more food sources. I spent 8months dosing my pet animals but meds only kill the mites after biting, trying to kill the infinite population of wild mice and stop their spread into an old house of infinite openings for them, and spreading nontoxic followed by less safe solutions all around areas of the house to kill the mites with no success. The population got so numerous despite all attempts that I began breaking out in red dots my doctor said did not look like any mite that typically bites humans. We decided releasing something that naturally hunts the pests down might be better than trying to kill or prevent every last one from managing to spread in the house.I actually didn't realize this arrived for 2 days as it sat at room temp before I spread the contents over damp soil and distributed it to vivariums and shallow seed trays of soil kept misted with water in several rooms. Even if it initially just looks like a container of nothing the barely visible mites could be seen when they started actively moving around on to different surfaces. Anything smaller than them or that reproduces in the soil was destroyed. Finally no more itching, no more medications, no more harmful compounds that the dry powders and sprayed areas took another couple months to clean off the floors, and bonus instant death of all flying pests instead of months of slowly killing them off. Even houses with no pets will get fungus gnats attempting to live on any moisture source including kitchen sink drains in areas of high insect levels like here so I think it's the only time in my life I've never seen any in a house for so long. I guess with a good food source the predatory mites multiplied and shortly after the pests disappeared I identified a gathering of the tiny moving dots around a water source as the hypoaspis. Then they were gone with no sign we ever released them except the lack of annoying flying or biting things around. I haven't seen a pest since then but if they make a reappearance in fall like most midwest pests of insect and rodent tend to do we are immediately spreading predatory mites without wasting all that time on insecticides, diatomaceous earth, vinegar in the sink drains, and scrubbing animal cages or sleeping areas. I'll gladly trade one temporary, nearly unseen critter wandering the house for a short time to kill all the pest ones that make themselves very noticeable.

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’.

I raise petit gris escargot snails and Hypoaspis miles are exactly what I needed to keep them healthy from parasitic pestsNOTE: These mites are teeny tiny and only start being active when it's dark. I thought mine were dead until I checked again hours laterI've bought from this brand multiple times and I recommend!

Fast delivery as promised.I can't tell what percentage of the mites were live upon arrival.This was a shot in the dark purchase in a desperate moment.If I need them again I'll buy them again and inspect the product under a magnifying glass.10/10 on delivery and price.

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.