Any Idea how spidermite predators would affect my mantis' ?

[nasty bugger]

Anyone here have any knowledge on how spidermite killers would affect mantis' anyone with experience or real knowledge.

I got the mantis' to kill spidermites, yet they won't touch them, so I ineed to put some predatory mites in the garden, and wonder if they'll affect the mantis'. Someone said that they may make mantis food, but if that's so, then why wouldn't the mantis' eat the spidermites themselves?

What biological insects would I want to watch out for in regards my mantis', or other potential bio control insects?

 

[Rick]

Not going to be many mantid species out there that would eat those, they are just too small. Try lady beetles.

 

[Orin]

Lady beetles are way too big for spidermites. Check out all these different control inverts:

http://www.naturescontrol.com/mite.html

Most likely they'd all be too small to interact with the mantids but larger ones may get eaten by the mantids.

 

[Rick]

According to this article there is another type of mite that will kill them.

http://www.emmitsburg.net/gardens/articles...pider_mites.htm