What shaped webs do spidermites form?

So I was in my garden and noticed literally a circular web in between the fingers of a large fan leaf. There was a single tiny spider in the middle that looked big to be a spider mite.
I didn't have my phone in my pocket, and was afraid that if I left to get it, the spider would move and I'd lose it. So I killed the spider and removed the web before being able to take a picture.
It's web was a complete circle, similar to that of an orb weaver. The picture I attached shows the shape of the web, but it is not my picture. The web on my plant was small enough to fit in between the fingers of a large fan leaf. If spidermites feed off of the plant, why would they need to make large webs that seem intended for trapping prey?

Spider mites are mites they are hard to see. You will see tiny white webbing forming when they are heavily taken over there is no real symmetry like the picture above. You have to look under the leaf for tiny white egg sacks sometimes you will see the mites along the leaves stem.

Mites don't make webs. They just trail web behind them wherever they go. When the populations get crowded they head to the tops of the plants so they can toss some webbing into the breeze and sail away to a fresh plant. What you had was a baby spider that built a baby spider's size web.

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Both previous responses are correct.

jensenbeach1 said:

Spider mites are mites they are hard to see. You will see tiny white webbing forming when they are heavily taken over there is no real symmetry like the picture above. You have to look under the leaf for tiny white egg sacks sometimes you will see the mites along the leaves stem.

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Thank you for confirming this, I've been keeping an eye on the bottoms of my leaves since day 1, I just got paranoid seeing a web on one of my girls! 10x scarier not knowing if it's spidermites or not lol.

this video might be able to help..







or not, but still..

OldMedUser said:

Mites don't make webs. They just trail web behind them wherever they go. When the populations get crowded they head to the tops of the plants so they can toss some webbing into the breeze and sail away to a fresh plant. What you had was a baby spider that built a baby spider's size web.

Those are your friends.

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Awesome, thank you! Didn't know that they're always hopping ship like that, that's interesting. I'll definitely have a better idea of what to look out for now.

racerboy71 said:

this video might be able to help..

or not, but still..

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It totally helped lighten the mood after a hard day at work lol

I actually have spider mites into flower probably week 2 or 3... have to spray with harsh shit i guess. Still learning very new to outdoors

jensenbeach1 said:

I actually have spider mites into flower probably week 2 or 3... have to spray with harsh shit i guess. Still learning very new to outdoors

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Try to avoid harsh shit, honestly boil some corriandor and garlic for awhile in boiling water, strain and let sit to cool down, put in spay bottle and your good to go, it will kill/remove spider mites without using harmful chemicals

jensenbeach1 said:

I actually have spider mites into flower probably week 2 or 3... have to spray with harsh shit i guess. Still learning very new to outdoors

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Mites that come off of clones from dispensaries are a different breed of cat than the ones that just show up in your garden. I sprayed clones twice & couldn't get rid of them.

~MoE~ said:

Try to avoid harsh shit, honestly boil some corriandor and garlic for awhile in boiling water, strain and let sit to cool down, put in spay bottle and your good to go, it will kill/remove spider mites without using harmful chemicals

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I love that idea although my partner believes organics is bs lol hard to convince him of anything

You can dip new clones in peroxide.

I haven't tested with weed as I don't have insect problems, but alcohol is poisonous to most insects.... could try a spray application.
Some plants can handle it, some not.

jensenbeach1 said:

I actually have spider mites into flower probably week 2 or 3... have to spray with harsh shit i guess. Still learning very new to outdoors

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If you spray them with avid it's going to run you up when you smoke it. Get you sick. If your 2 weeks in you can get away with it but any longer and it's all bad

jensenbeach1 said:

I actually have spider mites into flower probably week 2 or 3... have to spray with harsh shit i guess. Still learning very new to outdoors

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Went through the same exact thing and finally got it under control. I sprayed every night after sun down for a week and a half. One night I would spray big time exterminator and the next night spinosad. I also did add sns209 into the mix every two days. I haven't seen a live mite in a few days.

most of the time the problems people have getting rid of mites is their timing. mite eggs hatch in about 3 days, but they take two weeks to mature so they can lay more eggs. the problem lies in the fact that by the time you notice them, you'll have them in every stage of development, so you have to spray whatever you're using at least 5 times, 3 days apart, that way you're guaranteed to get all the newborns when they hatch out.

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If you spray them with avid it's going to run you up when you smoke it. Get you sick. If your 2 weeks in you can get away with it but any longer and it's all bad

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That shit along with forbid have carcinogenic shit in them anyways. So i wouldn't use that at any stages of growth. And they are illegal in multiple states.

jensenbeach1 said:

I love that idea although my partner believes organics is bs lol hard to convince him of anything

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Try pest fighter. Its organic, its cheap and frankly i think it's the best thing I've ever used.

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HarryCooter said:

Went through the same exact thing and finally got it under control. I sprayed every night after sun down for a week and a half. One night I would spray big time exterminator and the next night spinosad. I also did add sns209 into the mix every two days. I haven't seen a live mite in a few days.

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Nice man i think they only hit the gorilla glues everyrhing else seems ok we sprayed regardless gotta doa followup we used beyers pretty harsh but partner swears by it. Im going to be working with 15 yr growers from mendocino next year if i hear any cool tricks will def let u guys know