Field Notes
Your Mites Have Survived Worse Than UPS
Will predatory mites survive shipping? Yes. Why the ice pack arrives warm, what the food mites are, how long mites live, and what we do when the weather turns.
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What’s bugging you?
On the leaves
ThysanopteraThripsSilver streaks, black specksTetranychidaeSpider MitesFine webbing, speckled leavesTarsonemidae & EriophyidaeBroad, Russet & Cyclamen MitesTwisted, bronzed new growthAphididaeAphidsClusters on new growth, sticky leavesAleyrodidaeWhitefliesTiny white fliers when you shake itAgromyzidae, mostlyLeafminersSquiggly trails inside the leaf
In the soil
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Meet the predators
On the leaves
In the soil
Before they show up
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Before you buy
Treating it