Very often twospotted spider mites can collect at the edges of your fields, especially if the fields are bordered by weeds. Although the mites don’t have wings, the insects can travel with the wind and a mite problem that began at the periphery can eventually spread and create an infestation that spans your fields. Here’s […]
What Are Twospotted Spider Mites? What You Don’t Know Might Kill Your Crops
Are you familiar with twospotted spider mites? What you don’t know could harm or kill your crops. Twospotted spider mites live on the undersides of leaves, and are oval-shaped insects that are easy to miss—they’re only about 1/50th of an inch long. They sometimes have a brown or orange-red appearance, but are typically green or greenish-yellow […]