Soil mites aren't easy to see, but they may be thriving on a variety of things in your soil. Here's what it really means if your garden has lots of them.

Getting rid of soil mites naturally keeps your plants healthy without using harmful chemicals that can damage plants or soil. Soil mites are often harmless, but some rare types can damage plant ...

According to the study, oribatid mites are able to change their diet depending on the fluctuations in the available food resources. The biggest shifts occur when mites transition from living in ...

Soil samples taken from Ohio reveal the discovery of a new genus and species of Nematalycidae. The long, slender, 'worm-like' body of the Nematalycidae makes it an unusual family of soil mites.

Oribatid mites are a diverse and ubiquitous group of micro-arthropods that play a pivotal role in soil ecosystems. As key agents of the decomposition process, they facilitate nutrient cycling and ...

A team of scientists from Tyumen State University together with their foreign colleagues discovered that soil mites change their dietary preferences if their habitat is transformed by human ...

Rather, it happens quickly and is intertwined with ecological change. The research was based on the speed wild-caught soil mites adapted to a life of poking and prodding in a research lab.

How to Get Rid of Tiny White Bugs in Soil After you have made sure that you are in fact dealing with a pest and not with beneficial soil mites, it is best to take a gradual approach.

It is concluded that mites may not be especially valuable as indicators of specific soil conditions, because of the many interacting variables influencing their populations. Journal of Applied Ecology ...

The distribution of soil mites was studied in the foreland of the Hardangerjøkulen glacier in central south Norway, close to a glacier snout, which has been receding since 1750. Twenty sampling plots ...

Getting rid of soil mites naturally keeps your plants healthy without using harmful chemicals that can damage plants or soil. Soil mites are often harmless, but some rare types can damage plant ...