Although this damage poses a greater risk to plants in agricultural settings, spider mites still target houseplants as well. If one of your houseplants falls victim to spider plant damage, you do not ...

Raspberry production faces many challenges, including pests. To reduce the use of chemical pesticides, it is essential to ...

The most common types of spider mites include the following: Spider mites can damage all parts of your indoor and outdoor plants. They can cause severe damage that jeopardizes the whole plant if ...

Often undetected by the naked eye, spider mites take advantage of crop stress and weakness for their own gain. These piercing, sucking pests look to severely damage your corn or soybean leaves ...

Researchers at NIBIO ( Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research ) are studying how sprinkling with water can reduce the ...

Once a plant is too damaged for spider mites to feed on, they disperse by crawling laterally, crawling to the apex of a plant to catch wind currents, or by simply hitchhiking on larger organisms to ...

Raspberry production faces many challenges. Pests is one of them. To reduce the use of chemical pesticides, it is essential to find environmentally ...

"They feed on plant tissues and sap," says Randaci. "Severe spider mite infestations will damage the plant tissue and often cause the leaves to yellow as they weaken." While spider mites can be ...

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When they feed, spider mites puncture plant cells, leading to a telltale mottled or yellowed appearance on leaves. This damage can easily be mistaken for other issues, such as nutrient deficiencies.