WTF is this Fluro RED spider

[pisspotgrower]

Ok dont know if he is a pest or not but this fucker looks like he can glow in the dark..

 

spent 20 mins on these pics best i got sorry

 

[ford prefect]

red spider mite. KILLLLLLL

[salpon]

Looks too big to be a spider mite, but does have the same shape and colour. 

[pisspotgrower]

After a few google searches to me looks  like a Red Velvet MIte not heeps sure tho, but he dead anyways

[Ford Fairlane]

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This is a red velvet mite  , sorry can't load pic, but just google red velvet mite..

[VOSTOK]

Yeah Red Spider Mite ...................kill on site

[The Hash Nibbler]

Damn PPG, thats one bright bug... I say collect em all and make an organic LED panel...... ......grow well mate. peace. Nibbler.

[ozraptor]

Certainly looks like a Red Velvet Mite to me.

 

If so, you certainly don't want to kill them as they are apparently carnivores.

 

http://heejennwei.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/red-velvet-mite-trombidiidae.html

[ylet]

You feed your girls steroids?  That thing is huge!

[Lenore]

After a google of "Red Velvet Mite" I'm inclined to agree wholeheartedly that it is a Red Velvet Mite.

They seem to be a good bug too. Not one you want to kill off, but encourage to proliferate....

 

"Red velvet mites are extremely important to the environment. These mites are part of a community of soil arthropods that is critical in terms of rates of decomposition in woodlands and in maintaining the structure of the entire ecosystem. By feeding on insects that eat fungi and bacteria, they stimulate the decomposition process."

 

"Red velvet mites make their home in the litter layer of woodlands and forests. They live from one to several years, depending on the species. As larvae, they attach themselves to a variety of arthropods and feed parasitically. They will suck blood from a gnat or grasshopper, for instance, sometimes hitching a ride with several other mites. When red velvet mites become nymphs and then adults, they take to the soil to devour much smaller prey, including other mites and their eggs, the eggs of insects and snails, and primitive wingless insects."

 

Soooooo, in future, DON'T KILL THEM!