Soil mites - how are they dangerous for orchids?!

[chemist]

hello folks,
so I got few catts from grower in Hawaii. Healthy plants cant complain. No visible pests problems.

But on one I noticed few little bugs. first two I noticed I just squished without thinking first. but when I saw one the other day I collected it and brought to work to look under microscope and ask our entomologist to identify it (Happy we have one in the lab!).

So he looked... First word was mite (you can imagine what went through my mind!), then he added spider mite... That's what I needed after thrips this winter! than he said no its not spider mite. He looked more in microscope and than in books and online, said dust mite but then crossed it out. He could not fully identify it but said its definitely not spider mite -what a relief!!!


so later on I searched web pictures for mites to see if I can find one that looks similar and I did find one:

Soil Mite - Euzetes

So, does anyone know how they affect orchids? Do they do damage?
Should I try to get rid of them?