Spider mite, Oligonychus indicus

Spider mite, Oligonychus indicus, a polyphagous pest, is serious on banana during summer and the symptom of damage is characteristic.

1 Mites on banana leaf	2 Under surface of banana leaf showing mite damage symptom	3 Under surface of banana leaf showing mite damage symptom	4 Under surface of banana leaf showing mite damage symptom
5 Under surface of banana leaf showing mite damage symptom	6 Under surface of banana leaf showing mite damage symptom	7 Under surface of banana leaf showing mite damage symptom	8 Mite feeding damage on banana leaf
9 Mite feeding damage on banana leaf	10 Mite feeding damage on banana leaf	11 Mites on banana	12 Mites on banana leaf
13 Mites on banana	14 Mites on banana leaf	15 Mite colony on banana leaf	16 Nymph of banana mite
17 Scolothrips rhagebianus - larva	18 Scolothrips rhagebianus - larva	19	20 Scolothrips rhagebianus - larva
21 Scolothrips rhagebianus - adult	22 Scolothrips rhagebianus - adult	23 Scolothrips rhagebianus - adult	24 Scolothrips rhagebianus - adult
25 Scolothrips rhagebianus - adult	26	27	28 Scolothrips rhagebianus - adult
29	30 Scolothrips rhagebianus - adult	31	32 Stethorus forficatus, a predator of banana mites
33 Stethorus pauperculus is the most common mite predator in banana ecosystem	34 Egg of Stethorus pauperculus, a predator of banana mites	35 Larva of Stethorus forficatus, a predator of banana mites	36 Larva of Stethorus pauperculus, a predator of banana mites
37 Larva of Stethorus pauperculus, a major predator of banana mites	38 Larva of Stethorus pauperculus feeding on banana mite	39 Larva of Stethorus pauperculus feeding on banana mite	40 Larva of Stethorus pauperculus feeding on banana mite
41 Pupa of Stethorus pauperculus on banana leaf	42 Oligota sp., a common predator of banana mites	43 Oligota sp., a common predator of banana mites

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