I was just admiring how well my beautiful caladium is growing and noticed these pests! Can anyone help identify them so I know how best to treat?
She’s is a self watering pot and I keep her very wet – she loves it. Shes on a north facing balcony that gets bright indirect light all day.
by Last_Dot_7066
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Spider mites
Could be wrong but it looks like Spider mite.
Spider mites ive been able to kill them using organic pesticides and nothing happens to plant health
😭😭😭 she’s just started going like an absolute _beast_, too. Can I treat her with alcohol, dishsoap, water spray?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_mite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_mite)
!spidermites
Spray them with water give them a good spray and they will be gone no need to use chemicals I do that always
Clean it with the insecticidal soap or soap-alcohol-water mixture first, and keep an eye on the plant. If they keep coming back consider using predatory mites to get rid of the infestation (the predatory mites kill the spider mites but don’t feed off of the plant. The predatory mites then die after they’ve killed the spider mites)
Neem oil should sort those critters
I’ve given it a shower and gone the alcohol/water/dishsoap route.
Can anyone tell me if it should be kept in lower light for the next day or so to prevent it from burning?
What a good video example of spider mites. Is this your phone’s video quality??
They look super busy running here and there
