These tiny critters can do a lot of damage to your favorite houseplants. Anastasia Deriy/Getty Images While you may be more concerned about giving your houseplant the optimal light, water, and ...

Spider mites are stubborn pests that can feed on your houseplant's tissue and sap. They thrive in warm, dry environments with low humidity levels. To eradicate spider mites, quarantine your plant and ...

If the leaves of your favorite plant are starting to turn yellow no matter how much sunlight or water you provide, it might not be your fault. The culprit could be spider mites, tiny pests that are ...

If the leaves on your houseplant look stippled or distorted, the plant may have fallen victim to mites, specifically spider mites. These arachnids are hard to see, reproduce rapidly, and leave a messy ...

Spider mites are attracted to many different plants, both ornamental and edible. The heavy stippling on the leaves and the bleached, bronzy coloring on the beans are typical of a heavy infestation.

On a warm, dry summer day, some of my plants’ leaves had a sprinkling of light dots. Some were turning an unhealthy, ugly bronze color. The underside of the leaves revealed webbing, indicating that ...

Q: For the last few years, I have been having problems with spider mites on my tomato plants. I’ve tried hosing off the plants in the morning, but I think this has been causing blossom end rot on the ...

One of the most common signs of spider mite infestation is yellowing leaves. The pests suck out the chlorophyll, resulting ...

Recent findings that plants employ a drought-survival mechanism to also defend against nutrient-sucking pests could inform future crop breeding programs aimed at achieving better broadscale pest ...

While you may be more concerned about giving your houseplant the optimal light, water, and fertilizer they need to thrive, you also have to keep your eye out for a number of different plant ...