Bugs in soil. Need help identifying.

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Blazin Budz

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Hundreds of these in my organic living soil. Using Build-A-Soil 3.0. Plants aren't showing any real symptoms of stress yet. I tried to get the best pics I could but these things are TINY. The only reason i spotted them was because there is so many of them. I had to squint just to find them.

What are they?

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Doesn't seem to be the white fuckers, regular root aphids. They're beneficial I think. Wonder if they also eating springtails? I can't stand those fuckers.
 
After googling some of the answers, Im pretty sure they're hypoaspis miles. Definitely not root aphids from what im seeing. Thanks for the replies.
 
Blazin Budz said:
After googling some of the answers, Im pretty sure they're hypoaspis miles. Definitely not root aphids from what im seeing. Thanks for the replies.
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They look a lot like amblyseius cucumeris which is a thrips predator.

hypoaspis miles tend to have a slight colour difference on their back with almost a V like shading colour difference.
 
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