Nigel Cattlin / Two-spot spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) grazing damage to Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) leaves. Cultivated in greenhouse, Berkshire, England, UK. September.

Nigel Cattlin / Two spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) webbing and damage to leaves of Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) plant. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) leaf with feeding damage caused by Two spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae). England, UK.

Andres M. Dominguez / Red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), Andalusia, Spain, June. Awarded in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018.

Nick Upton / Gorse spider mites (Tetranychus lintearius) emerging in large numbers from silk tent shrouding a Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus) ready to migrate to other bushes. Tiny black ladybird (Stethorus punctillum...

Nick Upton / Gorse spider mites (Tetranychus lintearius) massing outside silk tent covering Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus) ready to migrate to other bushes. These mites are spreading in the UK and are used for biolog...

Nick Upton / Gorse spider mites (Tetranychus lintearius) massing outside their silken tent shrouding a Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus) ready to migrate to other bushes. These mites are spreading in the UK and are used...

Nick Upton / Gorse spider mites (Tetranychus lintearius) emerging in large numbers from silk tent shrouding Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus) ready to migrate to other bushes. These mites are spreading in the UK and are...

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