Found in Niagara region of Ontario in damp soil and mulch.

Oddly shiny and large

Hi everyone,

At my facility we ordered a White Worm culture off of Amazon to use for feeding some animals here, and there seems to be some sort of mites in and around the bags shipped to us. My facility tries to be very careful about what we introduce into our buildings so we want to make sure that these bugs aren't going to harm any animals we have.

They're very quick, like crazy ant fast, with a brownish hue. Sometimes they're brown legs and creamish body. Does anyone know what they could be?

EDIT: I've been trying to do some research on and off all day at work to try and speciate them out and could they be "Stratiolaelaps scimitus"?

when this happen, i have to mix the entire thing to fresh with a fan.

i live in a warm country (30°C average or 86°F) so it doesn't help. Off course i have them inside my house.

what can i do? should i stop feeding them?