How to Control Spider Mites on Indoor Plants
Spider mites are tiny (1/50 of an inch), rust-colored insects that have piercing/sucking mouth parts. They suck the fluids from leaves and stems, robbing plants of essential nutrients. Plants become weak and their leaves may drop. Indoors, spider ... [... more]
eHow |
Spider Mite Control
Hot, dry weather conditions are conducive for the development of spider mites on evergreens and broad-leaved ornamentals. Evidence of mite damage on evergreens is a sudden graying or browning of the needles. With heavy infestations, webbing will ... [... more]
North Dakota State University |
Flowering plant profile: Cyclamens
Watch for aphids and spider mites on plants leaves and stems. Cyclamens are usually found in 4" and 6" containers in shades of pink, purple, red, white, and bi-colors flowers. Some hybrid varieties of Cyclamen plants have attractively colored .. [... more]
Denver Plants |
Organic Methods for Houseplant SpiderMites - Living Simply
A reader asks about spider mites on her houseplants. Here's the short version for an organic treatment. LETTER - I have a Dragon Tree and a Weeping Fig Tree, I just bought them a few days ago, I noticed that in the soil of my plants are these ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Control of Spider Mites on House Plants
Spider mites are common pest problems on many plants around yards and gardens in Colorado. Injury is caused as they feed, bruising the cells with their small, whiplike mouthparts and ingesting the sap. Spider mites are common plant pests. ... [... more]
Colorado State University Extension |
Strawberry spider mite: Tetranychus turkestani
UC Management Guidelines for Webspinning Spider Mites on Almond. These three spider mites are difficult to distinguish as adults, have similar life histories, and are controlled in the same manner. However, Pacific mite is often the most ... [... more]
University of California IPM |
Spider Mites
GardenLine / Common Saskatchewan Pests / Spider Mites on House Plants Spider mites are tiny arthropods that are more closely related to spiders and ticks than to insects. They have 8 legs as opposed to 6, which is the easiest way to differentiate ... [... more]
University of Saskatchewan |
Mite Ratings
UC Management Guidelines for Webspinning Spider Mites on Plum. Twospotted and Pacific spider mites are not easily distinguished: both have two black spots on their yellow-green bodies. In fall they turn orange red before overwintering. The ... [... more]
University of California IPM |
SPRING-SUMMER
UC Management Guidelines for Webspinning Spider Mites on Cherry. These two spider mites have similar life histories and are controlled in the same manner. Overwintering female mites are red or orange colored and are found under rough bark, in ... [... more]
University of California IPM |
Mite Ratings (percent of leaves with one or more mites):
UC Management Guidelines for Webspinning Spider Mites on Peach. Pacific and twospotted spider mites overwinter as adult females in protected places on the tree or in the litter, trash, and weeds on the orchard floor. The overwintering forms of ... [... more]
University of California IPM |
Spot Treatments
UC Management Guidelines for Webspinning Spider Mites on Cotton. To the naked eye, spider mites appear as tiny moving dots. Adult females are about 0.01 inch (0.3 mm) long. Spider mites live in colonies, mostly on the lower surfaces of leaves, ... [... more]
University of California IPM |
Spider mites on indoor avocado
I have a 12-year-old avocado tree. It has spider mites. What is the best way to get rid of them? I've been battling them for about 6 years. In our climate, an avocado is an indoor plant, so it will be important to use pest management practices ... [... more]
New Mexico State University |
