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09-25-2013, 07:06 PM
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How Large/Small are Spider Mites?
I got a new Phal today and I noticed little spider looking creatures in the moss. At first, I thought it was an ant, but upon closer inspection, it looked like a baby spider and even jumped off the moss I was separating into the bulk of the stuff I had removed and climbed down its little web.
I removed all moss and rinsed the roots under the shower massager for a good 5 or so minutes to get every last bit of moss off the roots. The little creatures went with the moss.
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09-25-2013, 07:16 PM
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Those are probably not spider mites. They're probably just spiders. To test for spider mites, take a white paper towel, wet it a little and wipe the underside of the leaf. If you see tiny red dots, those are spider mites.
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09-25-2013, 07:20 PM
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No, they were visible to the naked eye. Either way, glad they are gone...yuck!
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09-25-2013, 07:37 PM
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Seems several of us had run ins with un wanted creatures. mine was wood/sugar ants.
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09-25-2013, 08:22 PM
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Seems several of us had run ins with un wanted creatures. mine was wood/sugar ants.
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How did you get rid of them? |
09-25-2013, 08:28 PM
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gently shook out the plant careful of its roots and leaves, used bayer neem oil spray let set for 5-10minutes then sprayed like a mad woman with a water hose and sprayer. then re potted in fresh orchid moss medium and soaked in water with about a 1/2 capsule of physon 20 in 6 gallons of water. Just to be on the safe side since they all come in to my house. i had another large plant come from the same seller here in Texas and did not want to take any chances. Will most likely do another immersion in about 2 days spraying and sitting again until I am sure there are no new eggs hatching. Ugh I can handle many a thing but ANTS are not one of them. Bluck!!
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09-25-2013, 08:46 PM
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Ugh I can handle many a thing but ANTS are not one of them. Bluck!!
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09-25-2013, 09:13 PM
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I think I have read that the tiny read spiders (tiny, but easily visible to the naked eye) are predators of spider mites ...
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09-25-2013, 09:14 PM
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I think I have read that the tiny read spiders (tiny, but easily visible to the naked eye) are predators of spider mites ...
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Predatory they may be but they are still predatory to ME!!! NO SPIDERS IN MY HOUSE EVER!!!  |
09-25-2013, 09:18 PM
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they're ever so tiny, and better than spider mites! |
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