Integrated Pest Management · Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of California
Mites
Adult (left) and immature persea mites exposed.
Mites are tiny and difficult to see without a magnifying glass. The mites listed below may damage berries, fruit trees, ornamental plants, vegetables, and vines, though damage varies by the species. Spider mites commonly cause bleaching, stippling, and webbing on leaves. Eriophyid mites cause distorted growth of leaves, shoots, buds, fruit, or a combination of these. There are also many beneficial predatory mites that feed on plant-feeding mites or small insects and a few of those are listed below.
Overviews
- Notas Breves (en Español)
- Pest Notes: Spider Mites (detailed overview)
- Quick Tips: Spider Mites (brief overview)
Spider mites (tetranychids, family Tetranychidae)
- Avocado brown mite
- Brown mite
- Citrus red mite
- European red mite
- Persea mite
- Sixspotted mite
- Sixspotted spider mite (on plumeria)
- Webspinning spider mites
Blister, bud, erineum, gall, and rust mites (eriophyids, family Eriophyidae)
- Bermudagrass mite
- Citrus bud mite
- Citrus rust mite (silver mite)
- Dryberry mite
- Fuchsia gall mite
- Grape erineum mite
- Live oak erineum mite
- Pearleaf blister mite
- Pear rust mite
- Redberry mite
- Tomato russet mite
Other plant-feeding mites
Predaceous mites
- Anystis whirligig mites
- Euseius species
- Neoseiulus species
- Phytoseiulus persimilis
- Western predatory mite
