Scouting Guides for Problems of Vegetables
Scouting Guides for Problems of Vegetables

Two-Spotted Spider Mite on Solanaceous Crops

Two-Spotted Spider Mite on Solanaceous Crops

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Two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae). Two-spotted spider mites are small and difficult to see without the aid of a magnifying lens. Damage typically appears as a yellow flecking of leaves, which turns to a general browning of the leaves. Careful scouting for two-spotted spider mite is important as they are resistant to many classes of insecticide. Spider mites are more common in hot, dry weather.

Two-spotted spider mite on tomato.

Two-spotted spider mite on tomato.

(Photo: UK Vegetable IPM Team)

   

Two-spotted spider mite tomato leaf damage.

Two-spotted spider mite tomato leaf damage.

(Photo: UK Vegetable IPM Team)

  

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