Insect Hotline Issue 23


Southern red mite eggs, adult, and immature. Photo provided by: Jim Baker, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org

Southern red mite eggs. Photo provided by: Jim Baker, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org

Spruce spider mite feeding damage. Damage occurs on older foliage first. Photo provided by: USDA Forest Service – Region 4 Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Spruce spider mite adult and egg. Photo provided by: USDA Forest Service – Northeastern Area Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Insect Hotline Issue 23


Southern Red Mite eggs. Notice the hair coming off the egg. Photo by: Jim Baker, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org

Damage caused by Southern Red mite. Photo by:Frank A. Hale, University of Tennessee, Bugwood.org

Southern Red Mite adult, nymph, and eggs. Photo by: Jim Baker, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org

Spruce spider mite damage on older needles of Douglas fir. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware


Spruce spider mite adult. Photo by: Photo by USDA Forest Service – Northeastern Area Archive, USDA Forest Service

Spruce spider mite eggs. Photo by: Photo by USDA Forest Service Archive, USDA Forest Service

Insect Hotline Issue 4

Spruce spider mite adult and egg. Photo provided by USDA Forest Service – Northeastern Area Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

Close-up of spruce spider mite damage. Photo by Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware.

Heavy spruce spider mite infestation. Photo provided by USDA Forest Service – Northeastern Area Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

Spruce spider mite damage. Photo provided by USDA Forest Service – Northeastern Area Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

Southern red mite: eggs, nymphs, and adults. Photo provided by Jim Baker, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org.

Damage by Southern red mite. Note the grayish leaves. Photo provided by Frank A. Hale, University of Tennessee, Bugwood.org.

What’s Hot HL 26

Brown marmorated stink bug adults and nymph.
Photo by Gary Bernon, USDA APHIS, Bugwood.org

Western conifer seed bug.
Photo by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Southern red mite.
Photo by John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

Spruce spider mite with webbing.

Photo from USDA Forest Service – Region 4 Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org