Light spots on the top, Black spots on the bottom, Twisted leaves... spider mites???

1st time grower, love this site and appreciate the help....

So I've got 6 outdoor plants going, 14-24" all close to flowering- 3 indica 3 sativa varieties.

I suddenly noticed that all of the leaves on 1 plant were looking scraggly and slightly twisting - the plant has been extremely healthy up to this point.

After searching these forums I believe I had spider mites due to the light spots grouped together on the top of some of the leaves - apparently cause by the sap sucked out by the bugs. I never could find any mites but I also found black spots (bug shit?) on the bottoms of some leaves and some very light webbing. I immediately started spraying the leaves with a soapy water and I trimmed of the lowest 4 branches. Most of the spots were on lower leaves. I think I got rid of the problem......

Question #1 - Does this sound like spider mites?

Question #2 - This plant was preflowering with a few flowers including pistils, the pistils turned orange and have seemed to die off a bit. Did the bugs cause this and did I do any damage by trimming branches at this stage?

Question #3 - Will the plant resume flowering soon?

I attached 1 photo of the spots and then a side by side shot to show the difference in the 2 same plants.

Thanks everyone.

Yeah mate they sure do look and sound like spider mites, the pistil change could of been from a combination of things, i dont think its anyhing to worry about, and yes if your plants are in the right condition(12/12light) they should start flowering soon, sit back and enjoy, they look nice rep+

dont sit back and let them take over your plant!!! kill them all now or you will forever regret it when the plants covered in webs and eggs and adults and no matter what you do they keep coming back. end it now, before they really dig in and bunker down.

yes sorry i should have said, mak sure they are 200% gone, then double check theyre little shits, after that sit back and relax