PopoMyers
Free Ranging
We did not have a long cold winter, only one week of temps below 20°F, and these mites have been relentless. Hopefully this last spraying with spinosad will give residual killing effects. I've been checking just about every day. They've been hatching out often, as if the weather is like summertime. It's been in the 50's-60's days, 40's nights. It'll hit 80 on one day this week then back to 60's. Maybe a heat gun might kill the eggs, too? Without actually setting the wood on fire, hmmmm.Has it been a cold winter there? It has been relatively mild and wet here this year and I don't think the mites have taken much of a break. I've also got a small outbreak which I've been controlling for about two months but a friend's coop nearby was infested in late December and has been battling them ever since!