What's this bug? (Scoped pics)

I'm hoping these are beneficial or predatory and stay away from the plant itself. I'm about 2 weeks from harvest right now. I recently dropped a TON of leaves as I saw thrips appear at the best time (jk) so I'm hoping the defoliating removed a lot or enough to get me to harvest since spraying isn't an option in my organic grow. My guess is the bugs in the pics, based on my research, are Hypoaspis Miles. They range from mostly milky white to orange in color although the ones I've seen in videos move very quickly and these seem to be much slower. Plants seem happy and uneffected by whatever they are which leads me to believe they're no harm. If they are a positive I'd like to mix some of this soil back into my next batch of super soil and keep them around. Any ideas on the bug or would you say I'm most likely right in it being HM?

There we go finally worked

Any ideas RIU Fam?

Soil mites is what I call them. Harmless as far as it can tell.

You can use some diatomaceous earth to kill those things, I kill anything living in my soil.

No need to kill them. Most soil insects are beneficial. They break down the organic material so that it can be used by the plant. I have lots of bugs in my soil and my worm bin has mites, roaches, centipedes, soldier flies, and the occasional maggot. My grow room is separate from my house so they are not a problem for me.

cindysid said:

Soil mites is what I call them. Harmless as far as it can tell.

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That's what I figured. I'll continue to do research but no harm no need to take them out. I have an all organic living soil so this was more than likely a good thing but just wanted to be sure!