Because eriophyid mites are generally a cosmetic issue, you should favor reduced-risk treatment options (oil or sulfur). Beneficial predatory mites feed on eriophyid mites and other pests.

Although eriophyid mites are usually hard to spot on coneflowers, given their tiny size and knack for homing inside flower buds, you may spot them as white dust on the tips of the florets, especially ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. I’m having an odd problem with my Mexican petunia plants. Nothing seems ...

July is the month when hanging baskets and container gardens start looking a little worn, so today I’m providing a review of how to keep them looking their best through the end of the summer ...

Eriophyid mites (Eriophyidae) are tiny, banana-shaped and have only two pairs of legs (four pairs in spider mites and tarsonemid mites). There are thousands of eriophyid mite species, and each species ...

The galls may be caused by Eriophyid mites. As far as I know, the Eriophyid mites that attack linden trees are host-specific. This means that it is unlikely to spread. • • • ...

Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is among the most widely planted native plants in yards and gardens. They are long-blooming plants that produce domed flowers with orangish-brown spiny centers ...

By Debbie Roland Master Gardener Rose leaf rosette is a virus which attacks roses and causes strangely deformed stems, leaves and flowers. The disease requires a eriophyid mite to transfer the ...

Many plants are recognized as invasive, and one of the plants that I have in mind is still for sale in the garden centers, even though it had been on the Category I list of the Florida Exotic Pest ...