WHICH MITE IS ON MY APPLE THEE? 



European 

 Red 



Clover 



TeTTow 

 (Garraan Spider 

 Mite) 



i^-spotted 



Overvanter- 



____as' '_ 



ViHiere found 



Eggs - dull red 



Eggs - shiny- 

 red 



Adults - yellow 



spurs, twigs, 

 branches 



trunk, stones, 

 vegetation 



under loose 

 bark 



Adults - dull 



orange_or_£ink 



debris on ground, 

 (loose bark) 



Hatching per- 

 iod or be- 

 come active 



Pink thru 

 Bloom 



Silver-tip thru 

 Del. -Dormant 



Very late Del.- 

 Dormant to 

 early Pink 



On ground cover 

 Silver-tip to 

 Green- tip 



First eggs laid by overwintering adults 



About Pink 



About early Del, 

 Dor. on grass and 

 weeds 



First- adults 

 mature and 

 lay eggs 



About Petal- 

 Fall or soon 

 after 



Soon after 

 Bloom 



Summer eggs 

 laid 



Upper and lower 

 leaf surfaces 

 all over trees 



On bark of spuri 

 t\'Jlgs , bran- 

 ches and 

 trunk s 



undersides of 

 leaves 



undersides of 

 leaves - grass 

 and weeds first, 

 and later on trees 



Egg color 



dull red 



shiny red 



pearly white 



pearly white to 



Number of 

 broods 



7-8 



5-6(?) 



U-6(?) 



9-11 



Identifying 

 feature s 



brick-red, back 

 rounded, light- 

 colored spots 

 and hairs, legs 

 of equal length 



brownish- red, 

 bask flattened, 

 front legs much 

 longer than 

 others 



pale yellow or 

 lemon yellow, 

 dark spots 

 scattered, body 

 elongate oval 



pale yell»w or 

 greenish yellow, 

 tw« large dark 

 spots, body oval 



Activity of 

 adults and 

 young 



move about, on 

 both surfaces 

 of leaves 



return to bark 

 t« shed skins 

 and lay eggs 



among hairs on 

 undersides of 

 leaves 



Among hairs on 

 undersides of 

 leaves, webbing 



Characteris- 

 tie damage 

 to leaves 



General over-all 

 dulling of green 

 color and final- 

 ly a bronzed 

 effect 



a quick yellow- 

 ing, usually 

 on 1 or 2 

 branches at 

 first (look for 

 white cast 

 skins on spurs) 



Spur leaves crin- 

 kled, mottled 

 yellow and brown: 

 later Ivs. cupped 

 from below, 

 yellowed above 

 along veins, 

 greyish below 



Similar to Yellow 

 mite, appears 

 later, general 

 yellowing follows, 

 seen first on 

 inside and low- 

 hanging branches, 

 in July or later 



— Ellsworth H. Vifheeler 

 Extension Entomologist 



