Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 00:32:20 -0400 From: Kit Halsted <kit@kithalsted.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1792$foo@default> Subject: Re: Mites?
On 6/12/00, Miguel de Salas wrote:
>Kit,
>
>Little mites which run around, and you can actually see with the naked eye
>are usually harmless. I've often seen some blood red ones that can get up
>to 1/8th of an inch across.
The ones I had were blood red & about 1/16" across, though I pruned
my tree on Sunday & saw some very similar things more like 3/16" on
one of the branches. (The tree's not sick, it was just spreading
outwards rapidly & cutting off the light to my CP's.)
>Red spider mites, the pest, are more correctly
>referred to as two-spotted mites.
Ah. Good to know. I found some pictures of those on a UC Davis page
linked from the FAQ. Not what was on my plant.
>They are tiny (pretty hard to see with
>the naked eye), they weave webs around leaf corners and petioles, etc...
>and the damage they do is pretty obvious. They're seldom a problem
>outdoors, as they like very dry conditions.
I am now quite sure I don't have spider mites, as there were no webs,
the bugs were easily visible, & I'm having fungus problems. (Rather,
some of my plants are!)
Thanks,
-Kit
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