Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a spider mite (Oligonychus coniferarum). This species can produce a web that resembles a spider's, but is looser and weaker. Affected conifers can be identified by a bronzing colour on the needles, caused by the feeding of Oligonychus coniferarum.

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