> On Jun 11, 7:08 pm, fanghorn wrote:

>> Frank yahoo.com> wrote
>> innews:57a7b9c7-ae2b-4673-97d4-bdb6bae12d78@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.c
>> om:
>>

>>> On Jun 7, 6:58 pm, fanghorn wrote:

>>

>>>> Have you tried ladybugs?

>>

>>> I would, if I could find a subterranean species.

>>
>> Did you look at samples of one from both places under magnification
>> to ensure that they *are* the same creature? I frankly doubt it.

>
> Radio Shack pocket microscope. Wish I had better,
> but gotta use what I gotta use. "Slide" was two
> pieces of clear mylar packing tape stuck together
> with the *extremely* unfortunate mites entombed
> in between.
>
> Trapped mites were large, tan, no spots, long legs,
> fast moving, *all* activity confined to soil, not foliage.
> Looked a *lot* like predatory hypoaspis mites (good guys)
> according to what I can dig up on Google web and image
> searches. If this is the case, it's whatever they're eating
> that's giving me problems -- I suspect fungus gnats.
> The sticky traps I bought today will give me the answer,
> in which case it's a shot of fresh BtI for everyone.
>