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PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

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<strong>PLANT</strong> <strong>PROTECTION</strong> 1 – <strong>Pests</strong>, <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weeds</strong><br />

LIST OF SOME<br />

SPECIES<br />

(contd)<br />

Brown almond mite<br />

1. Nearly 1 mm long<br />

2. Front pair of legs<br />

longer than others<br />

European red mite<br />

1. Up to 0.5 mm long<br />

2. Four rows of long<br />

curved spines on back<br />

3. Eggs distinctive<br />

Twospotted mite<br />

About 0.5 mm long just<br />

visible to the naked eye<br />

Not known<br />

in Australia<br />

Broad mite<br />

Adults 0.2 mm long,<br />

wider than other mites<br />

Not known<br />

in Australia<br />

Chilean<br />

predatory mite<br />

Adults 0.7 mm long<br />

List of suppliers:<br />

www.goodbugs.org.au<br />

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HOST RANGE<br />

(not exhaustive)<br />

SPIDER MITES (Family Tetranychidae)<br />

SPIDER MITES WHICH DO NOT PRODUCE WEBBING<br />

Brown almond mite,<br />

bryobia mite<br />

Bamboo spider mite<br />

Bryobia rubrioculus<br />

Schizoteranychus<br />

bambusae<br />

Deciduous stone trees, hawthorn<br />

Bamboo<br />

European red mite Panonychus ulmi Deciduous fruit trees, especially<br />

apples, ornamental trees <strong>and</strong><br />

shrubs, eg elm, rose<br />

Citrus red mite P. citri One of the world’s worst pests of<br />

citrus, also mulberry, hawthorn, etc<br />

SPIDER MITES WHICH DO PRODUCE WEBBING<br />

Twospotted mite,<br />

red spider<br />

Bean spider mite<br />

Carmine spider mite<br />

Banana spider mite<br />

Hydrangeaspidermite<br />

Oriental spider mite<br />

Red spider mite<br />

Southern red mite<br />

Tetranychus urticae<br />

T. ludeni<br />

T. cinnabarinus<br />

T. lambi<br />

T. hydrangeae<br />

T. orientalis<br />

T. piercei<br />

Oligonychus ilicis (smaller<br />

than Tetranychus)<br />

Variety of crops, ornamental plants<br />

As above, beans, cucurbit<br />

Wide variety of crops<br />

ornamental plants<br />

Banana, weeds<br />

Hydrangea<br />

Citrus<br />

Cotton, banana, groundnut, pawpaw<br />

Azaleas, camellia, other hosts<br />

overseas<br />

(SRM) (eradicated)<br />

Spruce spider mite O. unungus Conifers, eg fir, juniper, pine, spruce<br />

Tea red spider mite O. coffeae Citrus<br />

TARSONEMID MITES (Family Tarsonemidae)<br />

Broad mite<br />

Bulb scale mite<br />

Cyclamen mite<br />

Polyphagotarsonemus<br />

latus<br />

Steneotarsonemus laticeps<br />

S. pallidus<br />

FALSE SPIDER MITES (Family Tenuipalpidae)<br />

Passionvine mite Brevipalpus phoenicus<br />

Bunch mite<br />

B. californicus<br />

Privet mite<br />

Chilean red spider mite<br />

B. obovatus<br />

B. chilensis<br />

Wide range, ornamentals, fruit,<br />

vegetables, weeds are a source of<br />

infestation in orchards<br />

Amaryllidaceae, eg hippeastrum<br />

Strawberry, begonia, cyclamen,<br />

African violet, other ornamentals<br />

Passionvine<br />

Grape, citrus, camelia, tea, fuchsia,<br />

hydrangea, other plants<br />

Privet, palms, roses, fuchsia, azalea<br />

Grapevines<br />

STORED PRODUCT MITES (Family Acaridae)<br />

Bulb mite Rhizoglyphus echinopus Ornamental <strong>and</strong> vegetable bulbs<br />

Flour mite Acarus siro Broken grain, etc,<br />

PREDATORY MITES (Family Phytoseiidae)<br />

Chilean predatory Phytoseiulus persimilis Twospotted mite, bean spider mite<br />

mite 0.7 mm long<br />

Hypoaspis soil<br />

dwelling mite<br />

Predatory mite<br />

Predatory mite<br />

Predatory mites<br />

Stratiolaelaps miles<br />

Typhlodromus occidentalis<br />

T. pyri<br />

Amblyseius spp.<br />

Fungus gnat larvae in potting mixes,<br />

Western flower thrips pupae in soil<br />

Twospotted mite<br />

European red mite<br />

Twospotted mite, broad <strong>and</strong><br />

cyclamen mites, thrips<br />

Predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris Some mites <strong>and</strong> immature thrips<br />

Predatory mite<br />

(soil-dwelling)<br />

Hypoaspis<br />

(=Geolaelaps) aculeifer)<br />

Bulb mites, thrips <strong>and</strong> fungus gnats<br />

OTHER BENEFICIAL MITES<br />

Mites can be used as indicators of the amount of nitrogen or phosphate in soil or<br />

the presence of particular minerals. Analysis of the soil mite community could give<br />

foresters an idea of the soil chemistry of a plantation.<br />

Fungal-feeding mites feed on sooty mould <strong>and</strong> other fungi, up to 150 can be found on<br />

some leaves. In the soil mites, beetles springtails, protozoans, free-living nematodes<br />

<strong>and</strong> earthworms feed on fungi, bacteria, decaying leaves.<br />

Insects <strong>and</strong> allied pests - Mites (Arachnida, Acarina) 201

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