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

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.

Arrived faster than expected in very good packaging, ice packs were still cold. Was able to see quite a few little mites moving about as I applied them (mostly was able to see them on the bottle). Hoping for good outcome for thrips infestation on my houseplants, and will provide an update. I wasn't entirely sure whether it was best to apply to leaves or to the soil. Really nice to know that I am not hurting my cats with pesticides! Edit: a few weeks later (10/29/2025) -- I can still see active mites on my plants. Unfortunately I am still seeing some thrips, but I think this is just part of a larger battle. I don't blame the mites -- I think I maybe needed to go in with more. Nice to see the mites are moving around and doing well though! And my family who did not believe that I should purchase 10,000 additional bugs to wage war on the first bugs I found now believes me - my space is not overrun by bugs, they are just my plant's friends.

Feel like I was scammed. I set these up the moment I got them. I've checked every single day for the last three weeks for any signs of mites, over a week later and a half, only one hatched on my passion plant. Only one of the ten hatched. Waste of my money. Update: I returned the first batch and they replaced it. The minute I got the second batch, I hung them on my plants, I have over 100. Waited two weeks. Nothing!!! Not one single one hatched anything. I get the nematodes I got aren't working either. I've wasted money on saw dust filled sachets.

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.

The mites have awakened and are numerous and ravenous. 5/5.