Little Red Spiders
09-06-2006, 05:07 PM
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Little Red Spiders
Whats the crack with these little red mites running allover, it's bad enuff outside but i just seen some on the inside of my bathroom window too. Wtf? Super climbing spiders - how do u kill em lol theres too many to splat 1 by 1 and it leaves a pint of blood behind the dirty little bar stewards! 
09-06-2006, 05:16 PM
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Oooooh good idea lass, why dint i think of that. I've been lying on em all afternoon lol, they were all over mi paper too lol, brainy likkle things.
09-06-2006, 06:33 PM
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Me too Al but they come back to get me lol....Gunna kick ass tomoz wiv my hose pipe, and for all of you hit by a drought order you should sell yer homes, move north and have £70000 change in yer back pockets too.
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Originally Posted by Steve200+
They're spider mites, mate...
They're like a sort of greenfly-but-not, water's pretty much the easiest way to get shut.
They're like a sort of greenfly-but-not, water's pretty much the easiest way to get shut.
Some dust stuff we have to chuck about we bought a few years ago when they were bad, i'll get you the name of it if you want?
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You'll never get rid of them, they live in all the spaces and holes in brick's, cement and whatever else, they'll just keep coming back. I've only ever seen them in the summer though.
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I've ordered a dozen Sidewinders from the Navy, that should sort em seeing as they laughed at me when i got the josepipe out....Grrrrr!!!!
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lol that was my favourite past time as a kid!! squashing them, i hadn't seen any for ages until one bloody crawled along my biology exam other day, i hate creepy crawlies now but just wiped it away!!!
i don't know what the name is for them, i once tried to find pics of them on google to show someone but couldnt find any anywhere
i don't know what the name is for them, i once tried to find pics of them on google to show someone but couldnt find any anywhere
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ENJOY 
What are Red Spider mites?
They are tiny, crawling, wingless, insects (well actually they are arachnids for those who like to be pedantic about semantics) that have 6 or 8 legs depending on the stage of the development. Juvenile mites have 6 legs and the adult 8. They are so small that they are invisible to the naked eye, and a magnifying glass is needed to see them. If you imagine the full stop that I have just used they are more difficult to see than that.
The BIG question… what colour are they?
Most people would say RED of course. Some say they are black, some say green. Therefore if you are checking your plants you will know what you are looking for… or will you? This has got to be one of the biggest misnomers guaranteed to mislead the unwary. A RED SPIDER MITE is only RED at a certain stage of the year, after hibernation and in the springtime. The newly hatched mite is almost white (off white/buff coloured); the adult can be almost white (but in varying degrees through to green) with two spots on its back, looking like a saddle. These spots are said to be very dark green or very dark red, so dark that it could be taken for black. But these are only spots and not the whole insect. It is also known as the Two Spotted Spider Mite. There is also another mite who is sometimes found on plants indoors and that is the Carmine Spider mite, but I haven’t seen that one yet, so I don’t know how it develops.
What is the Breeding Cycle?
Adults can lay eggs from only 36 hours old!!! The eggs are more easily seen with the glass as they are laid in small clusters, usually close to the veins of the underside of the leaf. You may also see the Adult two-spotted female close by, as she will lay about 5/6 eggs every day. However, as I mentioned it speeds up dependent upon temperature. One account that I have read suggests that at 60 degrees she produces 20 offspring, at 70 degrees she and her offspring number 13,000 and at 80 degrees she represents a potential 13,000,000 individuals, and all within one month! This is clearly a major problem in the making, as the short breeding cycle (as little as 8 days from an egg to an adult breeding pest) combined with the early ability for the young to procreate, means that a massive infestation can arrive in a very small space of time. Hence the reason for the paranoia surrounding this pest!
What are Red Spider mites?
They are tiny, crawling, wingless, insects (well actually they are arachnids for those who like to be pedantic about semantics) that have 6 or 8 legs depending on the stage of the development. Juvenile mites have 6 legs and the adult 8. They are so small that they are invisible to the naked eye, and a magnifying glass is needed to see them. If you imagine the full stop that I have just used they are more difficult to see than that.
The BIG question… what colour are they?
Most people would say RED of course. Some say they are black, some say green. Therefore if you are checking your plants you will know what you are looking for… or will you? This has got to be one of the biggest misnomers guaranteed to mislead the unwary. A RED SPIDER MITE is only RED at a certain stage of the year, after hibernation and in the springtime. The newly hatched mite is almost white (off white/buff coloured); the adult can be almost white (but in varying degrees through to green) with two spots on its back, looking like a saddle. These spots are said to be very dark green or very dark red, so dark that it could be taken for black. But these are only spots and not the whole insect. It is also known as the Two Spotted Spider Mite. There is also another mite who is sometimes found on plants indoors and that is the Carmine Spider mite, but I haven’t seen that one yet, so I don’t know how it develops.
What is the Breeding Cycle?
Adults can lay eggs from only 36 hours old!!! The eggs are more easily seen with the glass as they are laid in small clusters, usually close to the veins of the underside of the leaf. You may also see the Adult two-spotted female close by, as she will lay about 5/6 eggs every day. However, as I mentioned it speeds up dependent upon temperature. One account that I have read suggests that at 60 degrees she produces 20 offspring, at 70 degrees she and her offspring number 13,000 and at 80 degrees she represents a potential 13,000,000 individuals, and all within one month! This is clearly a major problem in the making, as the short breeding cycle (as little as 8 days from an egg to an adult breeding pest) combined with the early ability for the young to procreate, means that a massive infestation can arrive in a very small space of time. Hence the reason for the paranoia surrounding this pest!
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