walshie 2,804 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Got loads of these on our doorstep this morning. I assume they are spider mites? They're bright red and less than a pinhead across, but when you tread on them they leave give quite a big red splash. Boiling water has sorted the step for now, but what's the best stuff to get to deal with them permanently? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 12,023 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Used to see loads of those on walls when I was a kid. Don't think they do any harm do they? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,437 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Diatomaceous earth? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,862 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Bug clear ultra ... Any good garden centre should have it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,860 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Your lucky they arent two-spotted spider mites,get yourself some spider mite predators from a garden centre,are your plants webbed? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted June 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Your lucky they arent two-spotted spider mites,get yourself some spider mite predators from a garden centre,are your plants webbed? What's a webbed plant? They are nowhere near the plants. Mostly on the doorstep. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,774 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Your lucky they arent two-spotted spider mites,get yourself some spider mite predators from a garden centre,are your plants webbed? They prefer the indoor gardens in this country... So I'm told. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,860 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Spider mite have a horrible habit of covering a plant in web mate,like a spider. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,437 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Your lucky they arent two-spotted spider mites,get yourself some spider mite predators from a garden centre,are your plants webbed? They prefer the indoor gardens in this country... So I'm told. Aye fecking murder they are too. So I'm told... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted June 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Oh I see. No they are/were just like in my photo. Not bunched or anything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,860 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Yours might be clover mites actually as the spider mites i have seen in the UK in the past were always tiny cream coloured things under a microscope,yours are red and on concrete,spider mites you normally find on plants. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Ladybirds love spider mites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,860 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 If its spider mites its ok mate as they only eat plants,if its clover mites they eat houses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,466 Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Get some mite spray lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted June 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 If its spider mites its ok mate as they only eat plants,if its clover mites they eat houses. Phew. Lucky I live in a bungalow then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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