Comments on: The Red Velvet Mite

By: Kenton and Rebecca

Kenton and Rebecca — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:58:11 +0000

Hello Susie!

Glad we could help! =) We sure love those little critters. How wonderful that you named them all! And that must have been so sad to meet one and then lose it — we’re not sure where you’re writing from, but if you check carefully in the leaf litter and on some old logs, perhaps you’ll find one again. We wish you the best of luck Susie!

By: Kenton and Rebecca

Kenton and Rebecca — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:55:23 +0000

Hi D’aun,

We have heard of them in New Mexico. As far as getting rid of them, they are apparently 100% harmless, and are actually very important in the soil for helping things grow. So if you have any plants you like in your yard, those mites are helping them stay as green as possible. They spend most of their time hidden, so you probably will only see them at certain times.

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:53:10 +0000

Thank God there are other people who have had these as pets! I was just googlin when I found this blog and being an Indian myself, this brought back fond memories I miss those bugs a lot!!! They were the cutest ever! I used to keep them with me in a liddle homemade garden and they each had name!! Omg they were the cutest ever!! Now I live on a mountain and a year ago I saw a baby velvet mite, I was so happy, but while I was walking it flew out of my hand Haven’t seen one ever since. Really wish I could! Thanks so much for bringin back some nice memories guys!

By: D'aun

D'aun — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:51:09 +0000

my husband and i live in a rural area in south eastern new mexico. on our land we found red velvet mites, have you ever heard of them in new mexico? also do you know how to get rid of them because we don’t want to spread?

By: mmk

mmk — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:02:10 +0000

hello kenton and rebecca,
have sent a few pictures of birbaboti’s ,hope you will like them.
have a nice day.

By: Kenton and Rebecca

Kenton and Rebecca — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:16:52 +0000

Hi mmk —

Some people have asked for more pictures to be posted — please send them to us at the following address: spiderslippers (at) yahoo (dot) com, and we’ll post them above. We’re excited to see them! =)

By: mmk

mmk — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:07:36 +0000

hello kenton and rebecca,
I left them in the garden yesterday coz they were not looking too good and i feared they might die,but took a couple of pictures of them though.wonder if i can post them on ur site???

By: Kenton and Rebecca

Kenton and Rebecca — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:36:58 +0000

Hi mmk,

That’s a lot of them! As for what they eat, it’s a fun experiment to watch them and see if you can see them eat anything. We’ve watched and watched, but it’s very difficult to tell if they’re eating anything. Apparently, they’re actually hunting, eating very tiny critters.

By: mmk

mmk — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:31:20 +0000

hello,hey i have them now at home.last week had gone to our farm house n we collected nearly 40 of them ,right from a tiny one to a big one.am going to leave them in the garden as i dont know if they will survive in captivity and also what do they eat?

By: Kenton and Rebecca

Kenton and Rebecca — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:18:57 +0000

Hello Zaheer,

What beautiful memories! Thank you for sharing. These little creatures left quite an impression on so many people. If you remember anything else about them, please share, as they are quite mysterious.

Thanks as well for telling us about Bhanvara. If anyone knows what this might be, do let us know.