How to get rid of grain mites - follow these steps! 

Ok. So I had an infestation yesterday. They were EVERYWHERE! Sadly, I had my mealworm colony in my house so yep, my house was infested. I quickly put my colonies outside in the sun, then after work went and got some split peas and a cheap coffee grinder. Made some flour and sprinkled it all over the table and bookshelf the colonies were on and went to bed. today it's a green powdery mess, but haven't seen a single mite today. I sprinkled the flour on my carpet and surrounded the places the mites were. Worked it into the carpet fibers then sprinkled a perimeter on top of the powder i worked into the carpet. I will add the pea flour to the colonies outside before I bring them in. I'm so glad I found this video. I was freaking out when I noticed the mites. I believe they came from the carrots I placed into the bins. I've used the same grain for months without incident. But the mites appeared a few days after the carrots were placed into the bins.

Thanks for the info. I HAD a horrible outbreak of mites. I put them out side in the sunlight for 4 hours. 70 degrees for 2 days and knocked out most of the mites . They are gone. :) I will be adding pea flour.

I have super worm, meal worm, and dubias roach colony's being kept in a closet and didn't even know about grain mites. Just found them tonight while collecting pupae and thank God I did. They didn't spread to my darkling beetles or dubias roaches. Just the little bit of meal worms and super worms that were fully grown. Thank u for the video, this will be an easy save

Thank you! 😮

Thank you so much for sharing this. It is very assuring and comforting to know the method you use and how well it works. I had an outbreak almost a month ago. I sifted and washed the larger worms, beetles and pupae. But I had 2 egg and baby trays that were too small for that, so I've put them in slightly smaller tubs with recurring top ups of pea flour. These tubs are sitting in a dish soap solution to catch and drown any mites that go for the moisture. It's been 4 weeks and there are still a few mites lingering in the quarantined tubs. I'm starting to wonder if this is working. 😢 Watching this again has encouraged me to persist. Hopefully the babies survive...

Thank you sooo much. I just threw away millions of both superworm eggs and regular mealworm eggs. But at least I saved the rest of my year of hard work with your suggestions. Ty

Thanks!

I'm dying over here trying to clean up this infestation. Wish I knew this before lol

Wow, thanks that's an interesting solution. From reading the paper it seems like grain mites might not like the protein in the peas.

Yessss! I have also been infested 3 times! And I remember exactly what happened each time. My DE barrier didn't stop them this last time. I fed my darklings some repashy morning wood jerky and looked at it the next day & it was COVERED in grain mites. I always look for them too. 🤦‍♀️ so, I started using that to bait them but they're just not going away. They're in my isopods now. I was looking into a mite destroyer but came across your video. Gonna try the pea flour! Wish me luck!

Thanks for sharing!

Very informative 👏

These can apear in sofa and other places where there might be grain based products such as rice, pasta bread. I'm finding them hard to kill and they seem to survive being spared with 70% alcohol, because I have sprayed the same wood furniture multiple times and yet as soon as it drys there back seemingly unfazed.

How long would you say to leave the pea flour sprinkled on your floor for? I put down some diatomaceous earth today, but will try this pea flour as well. Seems I brought a bag of Rabbit food home with mites and now I have a moderate Infestation.

Time for me to buy pea flour.. thanks for this very informative video

Ahhh come on! Wherr was this video last week when i needed it LOL. Jokes aside, i found what i believe to be mold mites on my aroid plants. I threw every insecticide, miticide AND sulfer fungicide at them. Needless to say a few days later all the leaves burnt to sh#t haha. Pea flour would have been safer, AND cheaper. And im gonna go buy some tomorrow. Thanks!! Question, my freezer is not at 0 but its 3 degrees, still not cold enough??

Verv helpful, thank you!

Do you know how or why pea flour kills mites? Very interesting that it does. I've battled mites for years, but in my case it is on plants, so I know how mites can be difficult to eradicate. I'm thinking about raising superworms, basically for fish bait... so this is all new to me.

That’s great that it does not affect the worms. I just ordered some because I have a horrible outbreak right now. I hate to lose my colonies. Do you know if it will harm the mealworm beetles, superworm beetles or dubia roaches? I wasn’t sure if it is harmful to their shell? Thank you

Thank you! and thanks to @michaelyciano2123 for the sun suggestion. I don't have any split pea flour but I could at least put them in the sun today. Will be getting some split peas after work to make some flour. Cant wait for delivery. So many mites!

I already put a petroleum jelly layer on the rims of my bins to keep them in, I don’t want them moving onto other places. I wipe away whatever I see on the walls of the bin and flush them away. But thanks to this video I know how to get rid of them and not work at the messy jelly and wiping. My question is, can I use this split pea flour in the beetle bin? I would hate to lose all my eggs. Please advise.

Crazy I thought they were pieces of egg carton chewed off I seen it about 2 weeks ago then today I look in my closet and see white powder on everything and it was some white looking mites really tiny. Crazy I had to wash everything and insect spray didn’t kill them. Sifted the bins I only have three but there was alot of mites

Thank you.

I guess we may heat up the wheat bran in a container before use it to kill all mites eggs

Thats so funny since I think it came from the chickpea flour. Thanks for the tips!

My superworm beetles got slammed recently thanks so much, they die tomorrow

Why does the pea flour kill the kites but not the worms? Will the worms be dangerous to feed my Leo if they eat the pea flour?

I have grain mites in my kitchen food pantry. Any advice on how to get rid of them from my existing food? I have already thrown out a lot of food, washed lots of other food that were sealed. But i still see some on those sealed items. What do I do? And how do I keep them away?

So I wonder if this would work on horses… we have had a grain & mold mite problem here for a year & of course it’s now inside

I unknowingly gave my reptiles a few mealworms with a few grain mites on them. Think they’ll be good?

Does it matter if it is yellow peas or green peas?

If I treat my colony with pea flour and then feed a worm to my tarantula, it's that going to cause any issues to the spider?

Pea flour is ridiculous expensive. But just might be worth it in large scale? I would think they eat and it being toxic??

Could you put a picture of how the split quisante flower is packaged, please, I'm from Mexico and I can't find it here

How often do you need to add the split pea flour to a bin?

Will split pea kill my isopods

What about weevils?

I need help. My husband unknowingly brought mites in when he bought wheat meal for his mealworms. Problem is, i noticed the mites all over my house now from them! What do i do??? What pesticide will obliterate them? Please help 🙏🙏🙏

if the product is not available in my country (italy), can I create it myself by buying peas?

Would this work for a dubia cockroach colony too ? Is splitpeaflower safe for dubia's ?

Will any types of pea work against mites?

does this affect isopods and springtails? i have them in my geckos enclosure and they are annoying they always cover my geckos food and he stops eating

How long does it take to kill the outbreak after adding the flour?

Is the split pea flour safe for superworms as well?

Would Chickpea flour work too? I own a leopard gecko and have had an outbreak of grain mites with my nealworms due to the fact I put them in oatmeal (not the best, but it's what I have on hand), and don't have a local store that actively sells Split pea flour without having to order.

Hey great video I have a small question I have some in my bed room I think they have come from my mario worms bedding in the small tubs I bought from the pet store am I able to just sit a tub of that split pea flour where there are and will they seek it out ? Will,it work the same thanks for the advice

Would yellow split pea flour work too?

What do you think about ozone generator in the place where you store substrate? And also humidity of 50% should also kill mites, correct?

Where do you get your mealworm tubs?

Hey do you know if pea flour is safe for jumping spiders? Mine have grain mites that I can not get rid of so really would love to try the pea flour

Do yellow split peas work? I found yellow split peas, if I grind them to make flour will it work?

My question is are the grain mites detrimental at all Do they eat eggs or kill adult Beatles or worms Can't find any info anywhere All I can find is how to get rid of them I'm curious

Anyone here tried this technique on fruit fly cultures?

Dust mites took my family and kids damn them to hell