Pest group
Spider mites & other mites
Too small to see well; fine stippling, bronzing or dusty webbing in the vein angles.
Which one do I have?
- Broad mitePolyphagotarsonemus latusA microscopic mite that feeds at the growing tips of pepper, greenhouse ornamentals and houseplants. It cannot be seen without magnification. Its toxic saliva leaves twisted, bronzed, brittle new growth, and the damage keeps appearing after the mites have gone.Pepper · Tomato · Eggplant · Beans · Citrus · …
- Cyclamen mitePhytonemus pallidusA microscopic mite that feeds in the crowns, buds and folded new leaves of strawberry, African violet, cyclamen and many bedding plants. The new growth comes out small, thickened and crinkled. You see the damage, not the mite, and badly affected pot plants are usually best discarded.Strawberry · Houseplants · Bedding plants · Cut flowers
Still not sure? Answer four questions about the damage and the picker will separate them.
macro · spider mites, side by side
At a glance
- Species
- 2 profiled
- Controls
- 0 beneficials
- Settings
- Under glass, Indoors, Field, Garden
- Crops
- 10 host crops
Spider mites & other mites by crop
Each page is one species on one host: the host-specific control, rate and threshold.
- On pepperBroad mite
- On bedding plantsBroad mite
- On strawberryCyclamen mite