The Banana
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I know of somebody who fed mites from their whiteworm culture to Bettas (Siamese Fighting Fish).
a stray thought - wouldn't the mites themselves be good food for small terrestrial newts?
I had an explosion of grain mites in some cricket cultures that I kept on a shelf above my desk, and I ended up itching for a couple of weeks because of the mites getting on my skin and clothes. I doubt newts would appreciate having them on their skin either.http://instruction.cvhs.okstate.edu/kocan/vpar5333/533ot3aa.htm
Harvest and grain mites . This group of mites isconsists of numerous species that live in grain and have been associated with dermatitis in both domestic animals and man. Infestatoins are most common in situations where grain is stored.