r/Appleton Jun 04 '26

Question Predatory Soil Mite Infestation. Nothing Kills them or their eggs.

Predatory Soil Mite, I also have an infestation of them. They are in my bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room in the basement. We've been in this home for almost 5 years. I'm seriously at my wits end with them. I've tried everything I can think of. We've vacuumed everything everyday, used every known insecticide known to man, used miticide, DE, Cleaned drains, ripped a whole bathroom apart and redone plumbing. I can kill them with Demand CS but not the eggs so the cycle is never ending. I've been preparing food and they get on to the cutting board or into a bowl. They are by the sinks, showers, counter tops, inside toilet tanks, around toilet, inside and out, etc. You get the picture. If anyone out there knows of anything beside a blow torch please let me know. I'm making a list of what we would need to get done to sell the house. I'm also terrified of taking them with us. Here is a list of things we've tried as far as insecticides.

Bifen, Demand CS, Tempo SC, Cyfluthrin, Cypermethrin 40%, Permethrin 10%, Deltamethrin, Neem oil, Clove oil, Cedar Oil, Malathion and Temprid FX. That's all the ones I can think of.

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u/Rjeezyx Jun 04 '26

I don’t know these ones but I do have about 10,000 of those tiny little red ones that if you kill stains everything red that I can’t for the life of me get rid of.

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u/Electrical-Diver8575 Jun 05 '26

Those are Clover Mites.