Just got an explosion of these little buggers. I’m assuming they are beneficials but looking for some verification … any ideas?
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You can always do a drench with peroxide diluted in water, that would also kill beneficial bacteria so you should later use some recharge or tea to repopulate the microbiota … 
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Those almost look like aphids to me .If thier sprinting around really fast darting everywhere and everywhere going through every inch of that soil looking for something to eat those ones will be predatorial White mites.If so you wont have to worry about dirt gnats while thier around.Those look like an aphid almost could be wrong my eyes aint the best on some of these pics .Go take a peek under some of your leaves if you have a infestation they will line up eggs and aphids like a feed trough under the leaves in line on veins sucking away precious fluids litte bastards.Get a grip on that pronto or your be sorry
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@CapnCannabis youve used that for mites with success? man, ive tried a lot of things including citric acid (not dr zymes one, but thats what its got) without any luck.
ive had to resort to using pyrethrins (pure pyrethrin without synthetic additives) or abamectin in veg.
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I wouldn’t worry about them. Those look like beneficial mites. They probably come out more after you water huh? You probably don’t have fungus gnats either. Or you have so many that the mites have been breeding extra since there’s food. If I had to bet I’d guess you don’t have any gnats. Or maybe I’m way off.
I used it for aphids it melts thier faces off.Cant say so much for Mites i dont have problems with them other than spider mites once
i have tons of predators and oodles of ladybugs and mantis where im at usually the wave of ladybugs wipes them out.Those look like a aphid to me.If in doubt though Safers end all will kill pretty much kill anything else i can think of definitely works on spider mites been there done that
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If they are root aphids you will need more than that to get rid of their eggs, watering with diluted pyrethrin will also help …
They look like soil mite blooms I get occasionally. I’ve always assumed they were predators because they’re so fast. But they only ever lasted a couple of days and I don’t believe they hurt anything.
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I agree with rasterman, they look like mould mites to me. They like wet soil, they seem to like walking around the edge of the container. Never once have I saw one on a plant. Only see them on soil,blumat or container.
Tell tale sign is the crazy fine hairs coming off the body if you can get a good look.
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Yeah they were fast and in soil + pot sides.
Haven’t found any on an actual plant and they came after watering. I did have a couple gnats which is normal cause I use organic soil. I always have a gnat or two and use sticky traps to keep em down.
I tried looking up the big bad ones like aphids thrips spider mites and these don’t look like any of those. The peeked in the tent this morning and didn’t see any… musta been sleeping 
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From my experience in organics, there are many good soil microbes, if they are coming out your pot you have alot of mold in your pot that those mites eat. Sometimes they will come out. In my opinion I like to see life in my pots as long as they are not live plant eaters. If they are not on your plants let them stay. All part of the soil food web. They will regulate them self’s once the abundance there food source disappears. My opinion is to let them be. If not doing harm. This is part of organics.
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