Spiders at 11 wks in flower - What to do?

I thought I had those buggers gone, but they are back and this time I'm at 11 weeks in flower.

4 plants, NYCD, WW, Banana Kush, Train Wreck. All have huge buds with all white tricomes, no ambers yet. Here's a pic of the top of the Banana Kush from 12 days ago.

A) Should I just harvest now even though I can't see any amber trics?

B) Let them go another week ++ and not treat them at all.... let em go till I get amber trics? It will be spider heaven.

C) Treat them with rubbing alcohol every couple days to keep down the live ones. Rubbin alcohol won't hurt the buds... will it?

All suggestions welcome... even rediculous ideas will be considered.

Many thanks.

I dont think you'd want to smoke even remnants of alcohol....if trichs are white you might want to rip it. Good potency is between white and amber, so you should be fine, maybe there's another cure though

And that nug is lookin noice, give it a pluckin, I dont know if thatd get rid of spiders, but its done IMO

Alcohol evaporates.

Good to know, Id still say pluck it,it would be a matter of days before trichs turned amber

It looks like it needs about two more weeks so I wouldn't harvest it.

Isn't neem oil the usual antidote for spider mites?

Ever consider getting some predatory insects? Like lady bugs? Im not really sure what exactly to get, but I think that would be a good solution this late in flower.

Hot shot no pest strips will wipe them out pretty quick, but that will def affect your buds. I dont recomend getting the hot shot strips unless your in veg. Just figured I throw that out there.

doesn't alcohol melt trichomes?

Tanglefoot would also be a good solution.

Ya, thats a good question fdd.
There is a method of making hash with alcohol. With that said, it doesnt completely degrade the trichs. Not sure where the alcohol idea came from. However, I dont think a diluted solution will really hurt anything to much. Regardless, not the best solution.

Ever consider getting some predatory insects? Like lady bugs? Im not really sure what exactly to get, but I think that would be a good solution this late in flower.

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I had mites at 10 weeks, bought some ladybugs and cleared them up in two days. I'll never use anything else.