[Sharonx]

Hi,
There seems to be alot of these red crab like insects on the allotment the other day. They have been seen in my carrot trough, on the dirt, in the water trough and all over some plastic trays I have. They are not tiny,(but not huge) easy to spot and bright red. I initially thought red spider mite, but think they are too big to be these.
Do I need to be concerned at their arrival? Anyone know what the little blighters are? Have had a look though some books but not coming up with anything. Thanks

[lucywil]

i think you are talking about the velvet mite, sometimes called the red earth mite, i dont think they do any harm but i could be wrong