Professional Spider Mite Control in Florida

Spider mites might be tiny, but they can cause big problems in a short period of time for your Palm Beach County ornamental landscape plants. Spider mites aren’t technically spiders, they are mites, but both are in the arachnid family, which includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites. Spider mites aren’t harmful to humans or pets like some other types of mites, but they do like to feed on your healthy ornamental landscaping and shrubs. Spider mites belong to the family Tetranychus and are extremely common in South Florida feeding on literally hundreds of types of landscaping plants.

Spider mites feed on your ornamental landscaping and other plants by sucking the sap from the host plant with their piercing mouthparts depriving the plant of vital nutrients. The plants start to discolor and if left untreated eventually will die. Spider mites prefer hot and dry climates and are more easily controlled before they become too entrenched in your landscaping. Heavily infested stems can be pruned off and discarded in the trash. Natural predators spider mites have include lady bug beetles (which is our logo), stink bugs and lacewing. You also may have good luck using neem oil. Insecticidal soaps and insecticidal oils such as neem oil, canola oil, or cottonseed oil are effective treatments for spider mites, but dilution and proper application is required so follow the directions.

Insecticidal Soaps and Insecticidal Oils Such as Neem Oil are Effective Treatments for Spider Mites

Or you can simply hire a professional like us. Our locally owned and operated lawn & ornamental spraying company has trained pesticide technicians that have been treating West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington and Jupiter, Florida residential and commercial properties for spider mites and other landscape pests for decades and have the expertise to get the job done right the first time at a price that won’t break your budget.