Cobweb-like silk tents made by Gorse spider mites (Tetranychus lintearius) on a Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus), Devon, UK.

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Cobweb-like silk tents made by Gorse spider mites (Tetranychus lintearius) on a Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus); this mite species is spreading in the UK and is used for biological control of gorse in New Zealand, Devon, UK, June.

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Size: 4912px × 7360px
Location: Bicton Common, Devon, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: acari, arachnida, biological, british, colonial, colonies, colony, control, england, europe, fabaceae, gorses, heathland, heaths, invertebrates, kingdom, mite, mites, plants, silk, silken, spring, tent, tetranychidae, united, vertical