Common Name

Red Spider Mite

Glasshouse Red Spider Mite

Scientific Name

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Tetranychus urtricae, cinnaborinus

Plant Attacked

Strawberry, Peach, Vine, Cactii, Carnation, Primula, Roses, Violets.

Glasshouse plants

Damage Caused

Fine mottling, discoloration. Serious damage when population increase in heat and warm weather.

Light speckling and yellow spots on upper leaf surfaces. Mite and eggs present. As numbers increase, damage to leaves buds and flowers, discoloration, withering and death. Webbing then develops, as they pass to other plants. Worst time in June to September outside and in.