Hissing cockroach mite infestation

Ever since my G. oblongonota pair escaped, their mites have spread into the majority of my other roach enclosures. At first it was just my P. saussurei, but now it's all of them. Despite my efforts to rehouse the P. saussurei before the mites spread, they did and they're all over. At first I wasn't exactly sure what kind of mite it was but after some research I'm certain it's the kind that come from hissers. Now, I know they're benign, but their numbers are getting out of control and every time I do husbandry, they get all over my hands. What confuses me is how are they not only infesting other roaches but doing so prolifically. Aren't they entirely dependent on hisser species only? I thought if they no longer had their hisser host that they would die off. I'm not a fan of so many mites so I need some advice on how to either eliminate them or lower their numbers.

After just checking again it isn't as bad as I made it sound - at least in most of my enclosures. Yesterday I cleaned off as many as I could from each enclosure then put a protective layer of Kyle's barrier along the top of the enclosures that didn't already have them, so now I mostly saw several of them on the outside of the enclosures. BUT I'm still worried they'll spread anyway and they're still all over in my P. saussurei enclosures despite the fact that I did a complete re-house.

At least I don't have phorid flies.

Some will get stuck in the barrier. An increase in springtail numbers might offer competition to the mites' food supply.

Bhjjr said:

Some will get stuck in the barrier. An increase in springtail numbers might offer competition to the mites' food supply.

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TRUE i just gotta keep the substrate consistently humid so the springtails dont die.. i tend to fail at that.

Increased moisture also helps mites unfortunately.