Two-spotted spider mite

Leaves of various agricultural crops, garden plants, and weeds, especially on the undersides.

Plant juices; they use piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on chloroplasts in plant cells.

They live in colonies on the underside of leaves and produce fine silk webbing. Reproduction is rapid in warm, dry conditions.

Significant plant pest that can cause stippling, leaf drop, and plant death; no direct risk to humans but can devastate crops and ornamental gardens.