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Re: Help. Is this spider mites?
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:47 pm
by Trevk81
Pattock wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:33 pm
Trevk81 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:53 pm
Loupe and bug clear ultra added to the Amazon basket!
Can’t say I can see webbing, but I’ll try an have a closer look in the daylight tomorrow and angle them like you mentioned
I guess this is all part of collecting nature, bugs want to get involved!
I try quarantining new plants, any other tips for preventing pests?
Growing everything from seed is a bother but also a delight when they actually grow. I am surprised every time and I have been doing it for 45 years. I am definitely moving towards getting all my new plants as seed, where possible.
Yeah I did think this today. It’s only come in on a bought plant and the only way I could completely avoid in the future would be to grow from seed
Re: Help. Is this spider mites?
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:54 pm
by Trevk81
Is this scarring at the bottom of the schottii stem? Could this be cactus mite damage?
Re: Help. Is this spider mites?
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:41 am
by Tina
more likely to be cold damage, if your sure its not mechanical damage from being bashed at some time
Re: Help. Is this spider mites?
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:10 am
by Trevk81
Got a better picture, still not close enough to identify legs though
Re: Help. Is this spider mites?
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:25 am
by Trevk81
Just watched them crawl about too! Little buggers, will nuke them today with bug clear ultra 2
Re: Help. Is this spider mites?
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:04 pm
by iann
Definitely Brevipalpus "flat" mites.
Re: Help. Is this spider mites?
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:11 pm
by Trevk81
Gave them a good blast of clear ultra 2. A couple of days later this little fella popped up. Much bigger and not pale like the others I’ve seen
Re: Help. Is this spider mites?
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:08 pm
by SimonT
Looks like an aphid, so safe to remove it...
Re: Help. Is this spider mites?
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 6:05 pm
by Acid John
That last photo looks more like a type of Globular Springtail.
Re: Help. Is this spider mites?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 1:45 pm
by iann
Yes, I think the last photo is a red herring. It might have been accidentally caught by your spray, or maybe just passing through. If you keep a sharp eye on your plants, there are all sorts of tiny things crawling about on them on on the soil.