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Hey, Mite — YJho Are You? 



European 

 Red 



I Clover 



I I.Iite 



Garman Spider 

 Mite (Yellov^ 

 Mte) 



I Two~spotted 



, Mte 



Enter stage 



eggs - dull red 



I eggs - shiny 

 t red 



adults - yellow 



Jhere f oun3 



in winter 



Halching~per- 

 iod or be- 

 come active 



unJer loose 

 bark _ 

 Ta^e"l)elayed~ 

 Dormant to 

 early Pink_ 



About Pink 



t adults - dull 

 I orange or pink 



spurs, tT/igs, 

 branches 

 Pink thru 

 Bloom 



I trunk, stones, 

 I vegetation 

 Tsiiver-tip ^hru" 

 (Delayed Dormant 



First eggs laid by overwintering adults 



I Under debris on 



I ground ( loose_ba_rk) 



'ion ground cover- 

 I Silver-tip to 

 [Green-tip 



'ilbouiE early Delayed 

 (Dormant on grass 

 I and weeds 



First adults 

 mature and 



la^^ eggs 



liere summer 

 eggs are laid 



About Petal- 

 Fall or soon 

 after 



Soon after 

 Bloom 



undersides of' 

 leaves 



upper ancT lower ~ 

 leaf surfaces all 



over trees 



duri~red " 



On bark of spurs 

 twigs, branches 

 and trunks _ _ 

 sKiny red" 



I Undersides of leaves 

 r grass and weeds first 

 I later in trees 



Egg color 



pearly white 



I pearly white to 

 I slight amber. 



Number of 

 generations 



7 - 8 



5-6(7) 



h- 6(?) 



9-11 



Identifying 

 features of 

 adults (summer) 



brick-red, back 

 rounded, light- 

 colored spots 

 and hairs, legs 

 of equal length 



brovmish-red 

 back flattened, 

 front legs much 

 longer than 

 others 



pale yellovf or 

 lemon yellcw, 

 dark spots 

 scattered, body 

 elongate oval 



I pale yellow or 

 I greenish yellow, 

 itYfo large dark 

 I spots, body oval 



Activity of 

 adults and 

 young 



move about, on 

 both surfaces 

 of leaves 



return to bark 

 to shed skins 

 and lay eggs 



I among hairs on 



i imder sides of 



leaves i leaves, vrebbing 



among hairs on 

 undersides of 



Characteris- 

 tic 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 Tihite, empty 

 skins on spurs) 



spur leaves crin- 

 kled, mottled 

 yellow and brown) 

 later leaves cup- 

 ped from below, 

 yellovred above 

 along veins, 

 greyish belovf 



I similar to Yellow 

 imite, appears later, 

 I general yellowing 

 I follows, seen first 

 I on inside and low- 

 I hanging branches, 

 tin July or later 



Why not tack this up for ready reference? Hey, its a good ideal 



E. H. ?n:ieeler 



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