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Feltiella acarisuga can be used to manage spider mite populations in a variety of greenhouse and field crops. [1] Each midge larva can consume an average of least 15 adult mites, 30 mixed developmental stages, or 80 eggs per day. F. acarisuga has been extremely effective for controlling spider mites on tomato, pepper and cucumber.
Spider mites on a lemon plant. Hot, dry conditions are often associated with population build-up of spider mites. Under optimal conditions (approximately 27 °C), the two-spotted spider mite can hatch in as little as 3 days, and become sexually mature in as little as 5 days. One female can lay up to 20 eggs per day and can live for 2 to 4 weeks ...
Tetranychus lintearius is a species of spider mite known as the gorse spider mite. It is used as an agent of biological pest control on common gorse, a noxious weed in some countries. The adult mite is half a millimeter long and bright red. It lives in colonies in a shelter of spun silk spanning many branch tips.
Spider mites feed on hundreds of different plants, including vegetables, fruits, flowers, shrubs, trees, and houseplants. As the name indicates, they’re related to spiders and have eight legs ...
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Tetranychus urticae (common names include red spider mite and two-spotted spider mite) is a species of plant-feeding mite generally considered to be a pest. It is the most widely known member of the family Tetranychidae or spider mites. Its genome was fully sequenced in 2011, and was the first genome sequence from any chelicerate.
Tetranychus is a genus of spider mite. Tetranychus is one of the most economically important genera of mites, due to its high potential to destroy agriculture. [ 1 ] It contains 159 described species, the most significant of which is Tetranychus urticae .
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