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Nothing brings fear into a gardener like the thought of a pest infestation on your precious houseplants! As loving plant ...

Here's how to get rid of clover mites, tiny red pests you might find inside or outside your home. Measuring only 1/30 of an inch long, one clover mite is easy to miss, but when they gather in numbers, ...

Heat kills bird mites. Do not air-dry during treatment. Targeted sprays help control mites. Use products labeled safe for ...

Twospotted spider mites are a tiny pest that can cause big damage to strawberry plants. Farmers may combat them by using pesticides, but twospotted spider mites often develop resistance to poison.

Eriophyoid mites represent one of the most diverse and specialised groups of plant-feeding arthropods. These microscopic organisms, often exhibiting high levels of host specificity and in some cases, ...

The USDA proposes to turn loose tiny mites from Eurasia to gnaw on that symbol and scourge of the West — Russian thistle, also known as tumbleweeds, which also originated in Eurasia. Tumbleweeds clog ...

The coconut mite (Aceria guerreronis) represents a formidable challenge to coconut production worldwide. This minute pest exploits the microhabitats afforded by coconut bracts, rendering conventional ...