Spider mites, for example, are little red spider-like bugs that are often found outdoors on fruit and vegetable plants.

Spider mites may be tiny, but they can cause massive damage on plants before you even know they are there. Here's how to find and identify the eggs.

Spider mites are common household pests that infest crops and houseplants. Learn more about what spider mites eat, why you get them, how to get rid of spider mites, and more.

Lack of rain this summer and fall has spared spider mites from drowning and being washed off leaves during heavy rains. Warm weather in late August and September allowed warm season mites, like two ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) — Spider mites are hatching and can harm your outside plants. Spider mites come out yearly when the weather is hot and dry. They feast on the foliage of their host plants.

How do spider mites get on outdoor plants? Spider mites can infest indoor and outdoor plants, Bell points out. “They find their plant material the same way for both,” he says.

Once a plant is too damaged for spider mites to feed on, they disperse by crawling laterally, crawling to the apex of a plant to catch wind currents, or by simply hitchhiking on larger organisms to ...

Spider mites love hot, dry weather, and Oklahoma has plenty of that. ‘The leaves on my tomato plants look like they have tiny, light-colored dots all over them. Now they are turning brown.

Spider mites also tend to appear on plants that are water-stressed, so regular irrigation is essential. Fortunately, there are lots of predators that enjoy snacking on spider mites.

Red spider mites are tiny pests, which suck sap and causes plants to grow poorly. Find out how to get rid of them, including biological controls and the plants most at risk ...