Integrated Pest Management for Raspberries

A Guide for Sampling and Decision-Making for Key Raspberry Pests in Northwest Washington

 

SPIDER MITE
(Family: Tetranychidae)

 

Acknowledgements

Nooksack IPM Advisory Committee

Introduction

Dormant and Pre-Bloom

Bloom/Pre-Harvest

Harvest Period

Post-Harvest

Insect Identification Sheets

Insects that Damage Buds and New Growth

Western Raspberry Fruitworm

Obliquebanded Leafroller

Root Weevils Commonly Found in Raspberry Fields

Spider Mites

Miscellaneous Caterpillars on Raspberries

Less Common Leafroller Pests of Raspberries

Miscellaneous Insects on Raspberries

Raspberry Crown Borer

Common Beneficial Spider Mite Predators

Common Beneficial Insects - 1

Common Beneficial Insects - 2

Disease Identification Sheets

Tables and Charts

Pesticide Selection

IPM Resources

Pesticides and Water

Twospotted Spider Mite (Tetranychus urticae)

Twospotted Spider mites & eggs

Twospotted spider mites and eggs. Mature mite is about 1/50 in. long (.5 mm). Note two large dark spots on the dorsum. (Photo courtesy A. Antonelli)

Damage

Healthy raspberry leaf above. Lower leaf shows typical feeding damage from twospotted spider mites. (Photo courtesy A. Antonelli)

Yellow Spider Mite (Eotetranychus carpini borealis)

Yellow Spider Mite

Yellow spider mite. Pale yellow or green with two or three pairs of small spots on the body. Smaller than twospotted. (Photo courtesy M. Bounfour)

Damage

Feeding damage on Meeker raspberry leaf from yellow spider mites. (Photo courtesy M. Bounfour)

 

       
 

G.W. Menzies & C.B. MacConnell, WSU Cooperative Extension Whatcom County
June 1998

Funded in part by: Washington State Department of Ecology through U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Section 319 Funds