Spider Mites: Spider Mites Strike Back

[BrassavolaStars]

Hello all,

I was beginning to believe I was winning the battle with the mites until I took a flashlight around the greenhouse. Webs! Everywhere! Nearly on every plant! Stretching even as far as 4 feet.

It was suggested to me that the best course of action would be to move every plant outside and wash each one with a dish soap mixture. Does this seem like a good plan of action?

Some people also recommend alcohol. The Bayer and Azamax no longer seem to be enough.

In a turn of good news, my brassavolas, miltoniopsis, brassias, and many angraecums are about to bloom. Should I post photos? The first ones of the cohort will be the miltoniopsis, Angcm Grandalena, Angcm Lemforde White Beauty, and B. Hugging Stars.

Oddly, the Lemford white is attracting ants to the buds. Do the ants harm the buds?