Katrina, I would love some of those!
I rarely have red spider mites, but they are rather big for my eyes, thus easy to deal with, and get rid of.
The real pain is when I have this other mite, red and a bit slower moving than red spider mites, and much much smaller than red spider mites, say, 1/10 of it? It literally looks like a tiny little red brown dot.
Most people probably won't even realize that they are living things but dust particle.
That's exactly what I thought when I first saw them on my oncidiums and dendrobiums years ago, until...one day there were so many and they left some typical white/rusty marks on the underside of the leaves.
Now, I have a paph in bud and unfortunately I see a few of these little specks again. I can't spray on the bud as it will most likely blast it.
I've been just trying the get them off using a toothpick, but I'm aftraid doing this on a daily basis might upset the bud and cause it to drop off.
I don't see these bugs on the leaves or near plants or anywhere, but they are there every day right on the bud. How strange! I'm sure they walk not fly. lol
It is definitely not a running red mite, they do move but not at running speed.
Gosh! hate these super small pests. Such pain.
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