Spidermites are a very serious problem with many food crops. A tiny relative of ticks, scorpions and spiders, they eat exclusively plant material and breed very fast.
The first signs are little spots in clusters on the leaves. Webs may be seen on the plant after the infestation is well-established. Look under leaves and around the ends of branches for tiny creatures travelling along the threads. Spidermite can kill many different sorts of indoor and greenhouse plants. Our usual Spidermite Predator is Phytoseiulus, a fast moving predator mite that looks quite similar to the spidermite and has as big an appetite for eating mites as the spidermite has for eating plants. They will survive and breed (faster than the spidermite) for a while if the temperatures are over 20°C in the plant room giving protection against re-infection for a time.
Small pack of 200 tiny predator mites. To spot treat a couple of specimen.
Medium pack of 1000 tiny predator mites. To treat room where red spidermite has been detected but not yet in high numbers.
Large pack of 2000 tiny predator mites. To treat high populations, very large rooms or for fast wipe-out and overkill by outnumbering the enemy.
Should not be used with pesticides, as the chemicals may kill the predators.
Ask our staff for advice if you have treated your plants with a chemical insecticide recently.
Due to them being live creatures, predators are not for mail order.