This is especially true where humidity and dampness are involved.Ģ) Mites are little more than an alternative kind of spider. Almost all "natural and organic" arguments are based on beliefs and "iffy" presumptions, usually plagiarized from others, because almost none of those enthusiasts have ever been to a rain forest, savanna, or desert where they could examine how tarantulas survive in the wild firsthand in detail. This is covered in Natural is Better? In fact, the overwhelming preponderance of evidence strongly supports the concept that keeping pet tarantulas in "natural and organic" cages that mimic their native environment may actually be detrimental because of all the collateral, side issues. There are several facts that many tarantula keeping enthusiasts fail to appreciate:ġ) As with humans, the vast majority of tarantulas do NOT have to be kept in any sort of cage that mimics their natural habitat. The propounders of all these "old wives' tales" cannot even tell us the identities of these mites beyond "grain mites," and similar. And I've seen all sorts of statements of mites not being parasitic, not being dangerous (!), and a whole host of other flat, statements of "fact," but have seen literally ZERO scientific treatments supported by collected data, and subjected to independent review to weed out bad logic, factual misstatements, and outright absurdities. Over more than fifty years of keeping tarantulas, and about half that time belonging to and monitoring various tarantula mailing lists and forums on the Internet, I've seen my share of discussions of tarantulas and mites. It's during these times that they become a serious problem to your tarantulas because they are likely to spread from one cage to another, and in large enough numbers they can and will kill a tarantula. These blooms may be intensified by dampness and an untidy cage. You can bet on it!īut for some reason (actually, probably a number of reasons), and usually in late Winter or early Spring, mites sometimes experience a reproductive frenzy (called a "bloom") wherein they seem to overrun everything. In fact, you may never even suspect that they're there at all. And ordinarily the mites in your tarantulas' cages are so few, reproduce so slowly, and die so easily that their numbers are extremely low.
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So, you can never, really, be mite free except for maybe a few moments after a complete cleaning and before you reinstall your tarantula. In fact, I'd bet that there were commensal mites on the tarantulas when you first acquired them. And every time we feed our tarantulas we introduce another starter culture of them to the cage. & Raven R.J.As you may already know, mites are found almost everywhere (even Antarctica). Check date values in: |accessdate= ( help) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist".
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D.III., Sphaerobothria, Aphonopelma, Pterinopelma, Citharacanthus, Crypsidromus y Stichoplastus. (1980b) Arañas terafósidas de Costa Rica (Araneae: Theraphosidae). An Stichoplastoris asterix in nahilalakip ha genus nga Stichoplastoris, ngan familia nga Theraphosidae.
An Stichoplastoris asterix in uska species han Araneae nga syahan ginhulagway ni Valerio hadton 1980.