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Avocado leaves showing 1 to 50% feeding damage. * As persea mite feeding damage increases, the number of individual necrotic spots on leaves declines as nests begin to merge. Consequently, persea mite numbers decline also as there is less food for them to survive on.

Avocado leaves showing 1 to 50% feeding damage.
* As persea mite feeding damage increases, the number of individual necrotic spots on leaves declines as nests begin to merge. Consequently, persea mite numbers decline also as there is less food for them to survive on.