Referred to as: Spider Mite Scientific Name: Tetranychus urticae [Acari: Tetranychidae] Influenced Plant Kingdoms: Many Plants Spider mites on cannabis plants is an usual bug that you will ultimately find infesting your garden (indoors and outdoors) and they can be a really difficult bug to remove. Physical Description Spider mites on cannabis plants are quite small (1/50th inch in length) and their body is separated in to 2 parts: Mouth (or gnathosoma) Physique (or idiosoma) The color of their bodies vary from green- to yellow-orange color and it is easily acknowledged by the 2 (2) dark locations on the idiosoma (the physical body). If you use a magnifying glass you will see the physical body of spider mites is semi-transparent with various coloration of their areas. Throughout the larval stage spider mites have 6 legs. When they start the nymphal stage of their development, they grow an additional pair of legs (total of 8 legs = a "spider") that the spider mites have during their grownup life. Spider Mite Life Process Depending on the temperature and humidity, a spider mite can become a grownup in 5-- 20 days and one (1) grownup female spider mite can lay from 20 to 200 eggs each day of their life. Female spider mites lay eggs on all-time low of the cannabis plant's leaves that are globular, clear and about 0.14 mm in size. After becoming a grownup, spider mites live an additional 2-- 4 weeks and have lots of overlapping generations so they can rapidly infest cannabis plants in the future. Spider Mite Damages on Cannabis Plant Kingdoms The spider mites pierce the epidermis with their sharp teeth and slim mouths. They prefer to live on the underside of leaves so you will want to look for small yellow- or bronze-colored locations to find spider mites on cannabis plants. When the spider mite bites (leaks) through the epidermis of cannabis plants, this triggers the plants…
