Adrian Davies / Gorse spider mite (Tetranychus lintearius) cobweb like sheets of silk in flowering Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus) England, UK, August 2010

Adrian Davies / Gorse spider mite (Tetranychus lintearius) cobweb like sheets of silk in flowering Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus) England, UK, August 2010

Premaphotos / Furze / Gorse mites (Tetranychus lintearius) in their large web on a Gorse bush, UK

Premaphotos / Furze / Gorse mites (Tetranychus lintearius) in their large web on a Gorse bush, UK

Ashley Cooper / Clover mite (Bryobia praetiosa) portrait, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, UK. May.

Georgette Douwma / Clover mite (Bryobia praetiosa) crawling on tree bark, Tennesse, USA. April.

Georgette Douwma / Four Clover mites (Bryobia praetiosa) crawling on tree bark, Tennesse, USA. April.

Nigel Cattlin / Photomicrograph of Two-spotted spider mites / Red spider mites (Tetranychus urticae), females with eggs on leaf surface.

Nigel Cattlin / Photomicrograph of Red spider mite (Panonychus ulmi) eggs on apple wood.

Nigel Cattlin / Two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) damage to Capsicum pepper (Capsicum annuum) leaves in a garden greenhouse, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) bronzing and grazing damage to tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) leaf upper surface, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) bronzing and grazing damage to tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) leaf upper surface, Berkshire, UK, August.