Broad Mites

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green76thumb Radford, VA(Zone 7a) Nov 02, 2008

Is anyone else familiar with Broad Mites? I had quite a battle with them on impatiens (which I now use as indicator plants), peppers, Black-eyed Susan Vines and others. They are pretty near invisible (need a microscope to see them) and leave herbicide-like damage on the new growth.

Here are links to pictures
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dgj5bLA6pRU/RX3laliDYpI/AAAAAAAABHg/-s_I6TpR9Oc/Symptoms%2Bof%2BBroad%2BMite%2BDamage%2Bto%2Bterminal%2Bportions%2Bof%2BPepper%2Bplants.JPG&imgrefurl=http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PfiMdBE1xDjwtXz6PePLbg&h=228&w=492&sz=16&hl=en&start=5&um=1&usg=__M-jc403WPRTKiCVUWDE4m9C8YJU=&tbnid=71oAWFea1b1sNM:&tbnh=60&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbroad%2Bmite%2Bdamage%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox%26rls%3DFlockInc.:en-US:official%26sa%3DG
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/Images/Tomato/Tom_BroadMite/1pepperBroadmite1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/diagnostickeys/TomLeaf/Broad_Tom.htm&h=300&w=400&sz=31&hl=en&start=3&um=1&usg=___D-wppo0nkIdzLop550e2Y3U8vk=&tbnid=rMnhhwquHnpYmM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbroad%2Bmite%2Bdamage%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox%26rls%3DFlockInc.:en-US:official%26sa%3DG
http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/images/Pests/Pest400.jpg
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Ipm/greenhs/pics/BMsalvia.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Ipm/greenhs/htms/cyclmites.htm&h=1019&w=1525&sz=238&hl=en&start=44&um=1&usg=__c0qGxDkMt5iD1w1mTPhDcalwIEA=&tbnid=T2VqBBXQVvBnQM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbroad%2Bmite%2Bdamage%26start%3D40%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox%26rls%3DFlockInc.:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

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