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red spider
(redirected from Tetranychus urticae)

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red spider
n.
Any of various small red mites of the family Tetranychidae that feed on vegetation, causing damage to the leaves. Also called spider mite.
red spider
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) short for red spider mite (see spider mite)
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Noun1.red spider - small web-spinning mitered spider - small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest
Panonychus ulmi, red spider mite
spider mite, tetranychid - web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees
genus Panonychus, Panonychus - a genus of Tetranychidae
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saccharalis e Tetranychus urticae Koch indicaram que houve maior virulência das estruturas leveduriformes para D.
Efeito de Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. e Metarhizium anisopliae ... by Paes de Oliveira, Marco Aurélio; Jacinto Marques, Edmilson; Wanderley- Teixeira, Valéria; Barros, Re / Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences (UEM)
The principle was demonstrated in the 1980s when the Division of Entomology imported a naturally-occurring, pesticide-resistant predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis from California that controlled infestations of the two-spotted mite Tetranychus urticae in Australian apple and pear orchards.
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