These are most likely mites, which are common in most bins. They help eat the food as well, so they're great recyclers as well. I get them often, and I don't like them, but for the most part they're harmless to the worms. They like excess moisture, so hold off feeding for a number of days. Keep the lid off your bin. They don't like sunlight, so if you can put your bin outside with the lid off, out of severe heat of course, this might help get rid of them. You can "bait" them with a slice of bread laid on top of the bedding and/or watermelon, cantaloupe rinds. They will congregate on these, then you can throw the bread away, and wash off the rinds, and re-deposit back in the bin and catch more the next day. It will take time, but you can get the numbers down. Sherry

Spider mites can quickly eradicate your pepper plants! Early detection is important in their control. Watch for yellowing leaves. Spider mites suck the chlorophyll out of the plant leaf making it turn yellow. Systemic controls usually work best since they get into the plant and are ingested with the chlorophyll. Systemic controls can take 1-3 weeks to be effective and you will need to watch for infestations as eggs hatch.

For good, a 10 mile wide asteroid splashing down nearby at 40,000 miles per hr. Otherwise get a better miticide. Avid or Florimite will give weeks if not months of control. There are many other good miticides to chose from. One wk is totally unacceptable. Even oil will do better than that. Look on Ebay for smaller quantities if the big bottles for a couple hundred are too much.

Sara, schefflera are infamous for being spider mite magnets, though perhaps not as bad as as their close relatives, English Ivy. I am also a fan of using an alcohol mist. Do you have any horticultural oils besides the Neem? Any of them are effective in the on going battle against spider mites, as long as you concentrate on getting the mist to the underside of the leaves. You do NOT need to spray every day! Whatever you use, read and follow the directions on the container! You can damage the plant 'skin' by using any product too often or making it too strong. That includes the rubbing alcohol. By the way, your best hope is to gain the upper hand over the mites, rather than eradicate them. You must have X-Ray eyes if you can spot one or two sitting on the leaves, lol! Once you get to the point that you have to search for them, you can work with a preventative schedule, rather than a curative.