Oriental red mite, Eutetranychus orientalis

Oriental red mite is a minor but occasionally serious pest of banana foliage during summer.

1 Colony of oriental red mite	2	3 Banana plant with characteristic red mite damage	4 Banana showing typical damage symptoms of oriental red mite
5 Symptom of damage caused by oriental red mite	6 Banana leaf damaged by oriental red mite	7 Leaf damage due to oriental red mite	8 Unlike other mite pests of banana, Oriental red mite infests the upper surface of leaves
9 Banana leaf severely damaged by oriental red mite	10 Mite colonies on banana leaf	11 Eutetranychus orientalis on banana	12 Eutetranychus orientalis on banana
13 Adult females of E. orientalis	14 Colony of Eutetranychus orientalis on banana	15 Colony of Eutetranychus orientalis on banana	16 Colony of Eutetranychus orientalis on banana
17 Colony of Eutetranychus orientalis on banana	18 Colony of Eutetranychus orientalis on banana	19 Adult females of Oriental red mite	20 Adult female of oriental red mite
21 Nymphs (male)	22 Predatory thrips feeding on Eutetranychus orientalis on banana	23 Oligota spp. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) are effective predators of Eutetranychus orientalis on banana.	24 Larva of Oligota sp. feeding on mite egg
25 Larva of Oligota sp. feeding on mite eggs on banana	26 Larva of Oligota sp. on banana	27 Larva of Oligota sp. feeding on mite eggs	28 Larva of Oligota sp. on banana leaf
29 Larva of Oligota sp., a predator of oriental red mite on banana	30 Larva of Parastethorus indira, a common coccinellid predator of oriental red mite on banana	31 Adult beetle of Parastethorus indira feeding on oriental red mite