Brought home a crazy infestation of grain mites with my latest purchase of purina flock raiser. Didn’t catch it until it spread to my bag of layer feed and cat food
It seems that permethrin would have been an ideal course of action if it werent for my cats sharing the same room as my feed/chicken stuff.
I’m treating now with DE, which seem to kill them only if they come in contact with it.
Anyhoo… I guess I just wanted to post this as a PSA. Check feed bags for signs of grain mites before you purchase them.
They are barely visible and look like little specks of dust moving around. if you don’t look closely enough a large mass of them could look like some innocent puff of lint fuzz.
Any other tips for speedy mite eradication welcome…

I’m treating now with DE, which seem to kill them only if they come in contact with it.
Anyhoo… I guess I just wanted to post this as a PSA. Check feed bags for signs of grain mites before you purchase them.
They are barely visible and look like little specks of dust moving around. if you don’t look closely enough a large mass of them could look like some innocent puff of lint fuzz.
Any other tips for speedy mite eradication welcome…