Giant red velvet mite

[Kevin_Davies]

Does anyone keep these? could anyone give me any information on them, what they're like to keep, difficulty of breeding them in captivity etc?..
I have searched for information on search engines for these and have found very little info on them

Thanks.

[Gigas]

Why would you want to keep velvet mites???????? how big are the giant ones

[Kevin_Davies]

Why would you want to keep velvet mites???????? how big are the giant ones

Ive just been given some info on them, Im told they're about 15mm when adult, and that they primarilly eat termits.

[Arietans]

Why would you want to keep velvet mites???????? how big are the giant ones

I don't know much about mites, but here we find velvet mites quite regularly, and I must tell you its quite a gorgeous animal. Here they look like they have been wrapped in red velvet. Very pretty and very different.

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Dinothrombium sp.

They are quite attravtive, but what I read is that they surface for the emergence of winged termites, feed, mate, lay eggs and return to the underground.

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