Thanks for all of the info.

My poor corn husk - covered plant - i WILL find a way to get that shit off, even if I take a few predators with me.

not sure quite how many of them came to me "dead", it was overnight shipping, came in packaging with a built in cooler and I also ordered from a place in my state. HOWEVER, all in all, I think prevention is the best way to fight mites.
Predator mites are interesting to say the least, but unless you have a decent sized crop in the early stages of veg - I really don't think they do the trick. Not even on flowering crops.

If you're flowering, and have mites - I recommend switching back to veg to fight them off, but that's what I'm currently doing. I want the plant to keep pumping out new foliage instead of using it's energy on the buds and losing energy from whatever may be causing this mess.

<3!