Is this a spider mite?

[lovebrewin]

Wondering if this is a spider mite on my hop plants??

 

[day_trippr]

If you're asking about that big bug, no.
Spider mites are microscopic...

Cheers!

 

[Malted_hops]

If you're asking about that big bug, no.
Spider mites are microscopic...

Cheers!

+1

A dot of ink from a ball point pen would be the grand daddy of all mites.

 

[unionrdr]

They're not microscopic,but really tiny. I've even seen red ones,kinda like the color of red ants. I used to have them & aphids on my roses at the old house.
I bought lady bugs at the garden center & put them on the rose bushes. They'll gorge themselves on aphids & mites.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Its hard to tell from your blurry photo if its a ladybug larvae or not...the front ones look like antennae in your picture not extra legs...

But if they look like this

They are ladybug larvae and should be ignored, and allowed to prosper. Eventually their ass's will turn orange, which are the eggs, they will then pupate in a sack and come out ladybugs and lay more eggs.

 

[FoCobrewguy]

Just for your refernce these are spider mights. Look real close at the at the branches coming from the main stock you will see little black or red dots and webs.

 

[FoCobrewguy]

Just for your refernce these are spider mights. Look real close at the at the branches coming from the main stock you will see little black or red dots and webs.

Sorry here is the pic.

 

[unionrdr]

Yup. That's them very destructive. but the ladybugs will love'em.

 

[lovebrewin]

So yeh just to confirm I am talking about the black bug. I have looked at a heaps of mite pics and they are not that big and they are not black! The pic of the lady bug larvae is the closest yet!

 

[day_trippr]

They're not microscopic,but really tiny. [...]

When you're in your sixties, they are microscopic...

Cheers!

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

So yeh just to confirm I am talking about the black bug. I have looked at a heaps of mite pics and they are not that big and they are not black! The pic of the lady bug larvae is the closest yet!

Yea the key is just look at them, its hard to tell if your image has 4 legs + 2 antenae or if its 6 legs like a ladybug...