The dreaded flat mites have visited my hoyas as well... Thankfully I don't have a big infestation, but I still need to get rid of these uninvited guests.
Silver lining: I got to make a video for them & how I treat them.
I am not talking about predatory mites at all in the video, as they are not available where I live and I don't have much experience with them. Did you ever have to deal with flat mites in your hoyas? And is so, did you use beneficial mites? If you had, please drop me a line with your experience!

I got my microscope from:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
(No affiliation, surely you can find several similar ones online).

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:35 Back story (aka how I found out I got flat mites)
03:03 Flat mites: what they are and how to see them
05:22 Tell tale signs of flat mites
08:10 Microscope footage
08:50 Where to look for flat mites
10:22 How to treat flat mites
16:46 Hands on treatment
23:02 Results
24:11 Outro


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