Natures Good Guys - Amblyseius swirskii (10 Sachets with 250 Mites)

I recently had a batch of spider mites on my Alocasia in my greenhouse. After treating three times with solution, I ordered these guys and I am very impressed. I only placed one in the greenhouse cabinet but they are visibly working hard with not a night in sight.

Ahhhh, I wish I had just switched to predatory mites long ago. I have an indoor garden with some fairly unusual plants and I recently discovered mites again after believing they had been gone for over a year. The thought of treating every single plant with some kind of spray again completely overwhelmed me. So I asked a few friend for recommendations for predatory insects and then discovered this company.First, this company offers quite a wide variety of predatory insects for whatever you might need them for. I have always felt capable of managing any other kind of pest, but mites were forever the thorn in my side. You NEVER know if they’re gone. In fact, I got rid of an awesome collection of marantaceae because they seem to be a favorite snack among the spider mite community and I just couldn’t tolerate it anymore.So cut to my first order of these sachets of mites. One of the plants I had discovered some webbing on was a pretty full pot of Global Green. Certainly not the most prized plant, but it’s pretty and I like it. So I hung two sachets in that plant and even though it says you don’t have to, I kind of tore open the sachet a little bit because I wanted to make sure my little predator friends could make it out. 4 weeks later and this plant now looks phenomenal! Every vine has perked up and there is vigorous new growth with big, gorgeous leaves. Every single one of my plants now has some new friends to fend off the enemy (well, actually to *eat* the enemy).The moral of the story is that one should, hell-for-leather, give up their routine of spending the time spraying your plants with whatever. Instead, but some of these sachets, OPEN THEM RIGHT AWAY, at full tilt hang them on your plants, and then go do something you’d rather be doing like have a picnic, binge watch Netflix, or hang out with your favorite person. Not only will you save time, but you’ll save $ in the long run, too.

I bought this product to lower the infestation of a spidermite outbreak. I added the sachets to my plants that are prone to spidermites and after 2 weeks, I see more webbing than before I added the sachets. They did nothing to prevent the spidermites and I suspect it's due to a bad batch. There was movement after the first few days but after a week, no movement at all from the sachets or the leaves of my plants. Would not recommend.

I’m going to be 100% honest. When I saw the shipping cost I was a little shocked. I ended up ordering 3 because I was like “if I have to pay this much I’m going to get my money’s worth” when they arrived I was worried since I didn’t see any live bugs. I was like “did I just spend $60 on nothing?” Well I’ll tell you what. I did not waste my time or my money. I will have these little bug on a subscription order and have told everyone I know about them. There are a ton on my plants and when they say one packet every 6ft they mean it. They’re worth ever penny

Have had a off and on struggle with spider mites with my extensive indoor houseplant collection full of lots of expensive and rare ornamentals. Have used of course like many people a range of powerful chemicals to address spider mites but they are one of the most resistant pests there are. Either the chemicals do nothing or don't get rid of them all, or they are so harsh they damage or kill the plants. Almost always the tender new growth on plants suffer. Also having to move everything outside to spray is such a pain or just very hard because it's too cold or too hot and the chemical solution has to evaporate before bringing them back indoors, or you get it sprayed on yourself. Then to rinse the houseplants off down the line is a pain too.Anyways these mites arrived fast and I first checked to see if I could see any and saw movement so there was life when I got it. Within a day or two the infestation was addressed and almost completely wiped out that's how fast they worked. I grouped the plants together so foliage would touch which is usually a no no, but it I'm sure helped the predator mites spread between plants easier. Before arriving I of course sprayed everything off in the shower to reduce the population of mites so the predator mites could wipe them out more effectively. But I'm shocked at how easy and fast and effective they worked. They say they have the hatching staggered in the sachets so just a fraction of predator mites were hatched and working that's how effective they are. Even if I have to buy these every 6 months to a year because they die off with no more pest mites to eat, it's so worth it for the ease of use and no chemicals indoors. But frankly the most important thing is it works and way better than chemicals. That's really all that matters given how hard it is to get rid of spider mites. Please don't stop making these available to the home gardener and the small sizes for people who don't need large amounts. It's not practical to buy the big amounts which is how it used to be. Every home gardener should know about these. They are a God send.

After battling spidermites for a whole year with various treatments, I finally caved and got beneficial bugs. I waited a month after my last treatments, and rinsed all my 250+ plants off several times before introducing them. I ordered/introduced 3 rounds of bugs over the course of 2 months. As of today, I am happy to confirm my collection of houseplants is officially spidermite free!

Not many alive ice pack in the winter probably didn't help