spider mites

On other “get rid of mites” sites:

April 10, 2015 / By Sophie Benshitta Maven / In Mites info / 2 Comments

there are thousands of mite species, and I know four that live on humans.

ear mites/dust mites… interchangeable and I’ll treat them as the same
demodex mites
spider mites… or more precisely, the nymph of the spider mites
Scabies

They all need different treatments, but those other sites don’t differentiate… they say “a mite is a mite” and therefore, when you read the site, you leave with more confusion than clarity. At least I did.

People try treatments for other mites, and don’t understand that it won’t work, because each mite is different.

People mix 7-8 different things, and have no idea what worked and what didn’t… if something seems to be working. I can sympathize: they want to get rid of the critters as fast as possible. Most don’t.

More and more confusion results.
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Microscopic Mites breeding inside you

April 10, 2015 / By Sophie Benshitta Maven / In Mites info, spider mites / Leave Comment

I felt that something is living in my intestinal track, maybe even my gall bladder…

I muscle tested what it was, and it wasn’t fluke, amoeba, or a worm… but yet, the muscle test said: something is living in my intestinal track, and diatomaceous earth muscle tested yes.

Then I muscle tested… more like guessed like in the guessing game: 20 questions… After all muscle testing is a yes/no “game.” I found that “spider mite” and the nymph of a spider mite consistently came up a yes. Information on the internet doesn’t agree with that, but hey, maybe the information is wrong, maybe I am wrong… we’ll find out, won’t we?

So for about 10 days I took diatomaceous earth in water twice a day, and that’s probably what kept the spider mites in check… because once I stopped… because I didn’t quite know what was inside me, the biting in the vaginal/anal area began in earnest.
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What seems to be working – spider mites

April 9, 2015 / By Sophie Benshitta Maven / In Mites info / Leave Comment

For spider mites: I have been able to decimate their population with Diatomaceous Earth both on the body and internally. They use your colon and maybe even your vagina to lay eggs and for the larvae to reach critical development when it can survive and become a spider mite.

These pre-mites, or nymphs are soft, and so are easily damaged by the diatomaceous earth’s sharp edges.

The regime needs to be kept up: a seeming lull in their number can balloon back to full scale (hundreds) in a day or two of not taking the DE.

April 7, 2015 / By Sophie Benshitta Maven / In Mites info / Leave Comment

Spider mites are closest to ticks, the disease carrying blood sucking insects you pick up in the woods or in your yard if you have deer like I do.

The lay waiting for a suitable host to come by and launch themselves on it.

Spider mite nymphs need to mature on a host, because they need nutrients only a warm blooded host can provide… They suck not blood, but the juices that come out of a wound they make on your body. They have a mouthpiece, and pierce the body, then the fresh around the wound becomes hardened, very itchy, and they feed on that wound for days, I think.

I have to control my gag reflex as I am writing this.
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What seems to be working dust mites and ear mites- constantly updated…

April 6, 2015 / By Sophie Benshitta Maven / In Mites info / Leave Comment

For dust mites and ear mites: it seems that these mites are sensitive to alcohol. It seems to attract them and then damage their central nervous system… if you can say that about a tiny mite like that…

Anyway, rinsing with alcoholic type vinegar, like apple cider vinegar (I only tried Briggs) diluted with water seems to cause them to fall off, wash off. Of course, if your clothes or your bed has mites, you won’t have a mite-free night, but that is another issue: getting rid of the mites on clothes, floor, and bedding.

One user tried Combucha… fermented tea? also seems to be working…