These tiny critters can do a lot of damage to your favorite houseplants. Anastasia Deriy/Getty Images While you may be more concerned about giving your houseplant the optimal light, water, and ...

A local gardener came to me today with some sad looking raspberry leaves. They were wilted, had yellow spots and had curled and shriveled up. My first thoughts were that some pesticides had ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Mites are eight-legged arthropods who pierce plant cells to feed on them. Plants that are attacked by mites lose their green color and appear somewhat bronzed. Spider mites ...

If the leaves on your houseplant look stippled or distorted, the plant may have fallen victim to mites, specifically spider mites. These arachnids are hard to see, reproduce rapidly, and leave a messy ...

The twospotted spider mite (TSSM) is a plant-feeding mite that is an extremely widespread pest affecting nearly all crop plants (over 1000 plant species). TSSM is very small in size and requires ...