spider mite
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈspaɪdər maɪt/
- Specialized
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- The best way to eliminate spider mites is to spray your plants with a mixture of water and mild soap.
- aphids and spider mites
- thrips and spider mites
- spider mites and mealybugs
It works awesome for things like squash bugs, getting the eggs off aphids, spider mites, whiteflies.
- It works awesome for things like squash bugs, getting the eggs off aphids, spider mites, whiteflies.
- Upon closer inspection of your bronze plant, you may be able to spot signs of spider mite.
Examples
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Their most arduous task was hand-picking a maddening variety of pests off the plants: whiteflies, spider mites, mealybugs, and scale.
Fiction book (1995) -
It works awesome for things like squash bugs, getting the eggs off aphids, spider mites, whiteflies.
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I found cobwebs and spider mites there after you were here last time.
Fiction book (1990) -
I dealt with spider mites on these boxwoods really badly.
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So if there are pests, things like aphids or spider mites may come on your plant.
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Spider mites, spider mites and weak stems.
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In just one example, a species of spider mite that has been increasingly infesting tomato crops in southern Africa over the past couple of decades was misidentified in the 1990s as a longtime problem species.
Academic text (2011) -
Scytodes can spit silk (fangs are just modified legs), as can a number of mites and spider mites produce silk from their pedipalps.
Blog text (4) -
If you notice webbing on your plants, it's likely due to spider mites, which can cause serious damage.
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To protect your garden, regularly check for spider mites, as they can quickly infest and harm your crops.
Synonyms
A tiny mite that spins fine webs and eats leaves of garden and fruit trees
A tiny animal that makes fine webs on plant leaves and eats them
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'spider' (an arachnid that spins webs) and 'mite' (a very small arachnid), so the meaning — a small, spider-like mite that often spins webs and damages plants — is directly inferable from the parts. This noun–noun compounding pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely understand the MWE.
Etymology
Spider mite gets its name from very small mites that spin fine webs on plant leaves, so they can look a little like tiny spiders. The name links spider as the web-maker and mite as the small creature, and today it means a 'tiny pest' that feeds on and damages plants.