BARRIER PEST CONTROL JUNE 14, 2021 Pest Bio Providing All Your Pest Facts
Clover Mite Clover Mite Facts:
Size: 0.75-0.85 mm
Shape: Oval
Color: Bright Red to Reddish Brown
Legs: 8
Wings: No
Antenna: No
Scientific Name: These tiny red pests invade homes in the thousands, getting through the tiniest cracks and crevices. Kingdom: Although Clover Mites ate only 1/30th of an inch big they are actually one of the largest mites found. Clover Mites are commonly mistaken as an insect as their -Animalia front legs are very long and look more like antenna. Clover mites are not harmful Pylum: to people and do not bite. Clover Mites are parthenogenetic, which means they develop from unfertilized eggs and are all female. Clover mites are attracted to -Arthropoda water so having a pool, bird bath or even just a well soaked lawn can attract them. Class: Call Barrier for help 208-463-4533 managing Clover Mites! -Arachnida
Order: BEHAVIOR HABITAT -Trombidiformes DIET Because of the Clover Clover mites prefer to live Mites love of sunshine Family: Clover mites feed on in well fertilized and they tend to gather on plants. They eat by watered lawns. Adult sunny southern and -Tetranychidae sucking plant juices from Clover mites like to eastern walls of homes clover, grasses and other congregate on walls and and can enter the home Genus: plants common in lawns. vegetation, especially from the smallest of when exposed to sunlight. -Bryobia cracks .
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