Twospotted spider mites are a tiny pest that can cause big damage to strawberry plants. Farmers may combat them by using pesticides, but twospotted spider mites often develop resistance to poison.

As concern over chemical use in food production grows and insect species become more resistant to poisons, farmers are turning to nature for solutions to pests that can cripple crop production.

An Israeli agritech company is using the power of predatory mites to help farmers fight off crop infestations. Phytoseiulus persimilis, a minuscule arachnid, has long been used as a natural ...

Responses of the predaceous mites Phytoseiulus persimilis, Typhlodromus (=Metaseiulus) occidentalis, and Amblyseius andersoni to spatial variation in egg density of the phytophagous mite, Tetranychus ...

Amano, H. & Chant, D.A. (1977) Life history and reproduction of two species of predacious mites, Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot and Amblyseius andersoni (Chant) (Acarina: Phytoseiidae).

A worker carries green house roses from Branan Flower farm in Thika, Central Kenya. Rose farms are using a predator instead of pesticides to curb Spider mites. File A biological method to control the ...