. Manual of fruit insects. Fig. 192. — The clover-mite. Redrawn after Palmer (x 37). Fig. 193. —Eggs ofthe clover-mite on atwig. ReferenceU. S. Bur. Ent. Circ. 158. 1912. 208 FRUIT INSECTS The two-spotted mite (Tetranychus himaculatus Harvey) This is the common red-spider of greenhouses and the miteoften discussed as Tetranychus telarius. Under this lattername there are many reports of injury to fruit-trees by red-spiders, but in most cases it is evident that the real culpritwas the clover-mite. The two-spotted mite is smaller, about5^ of an inch long, and the legs are more nearly of equa
. Manual of fruit insects. Fig. 192. — The clover-mite. Redrawn after Palmer (x 37). Fig. 193. —Eggs ofthe clover-mite on atwig. ReferenceU. S. Bur. Ent. Circ. 158. 1912. 208 FRUIT INSECTS The two-spotted mite (Tetranychus himaculatus Harvey) This is the common red-spider of greenhouses and the miteoften discussed as Tetranychus telarius. Under this lattername there are many reports of injury to fruit-trees by red-spiders, but in most cases it is evident that the real culpritwas the clover-mite. The two-spotted mite is smaller, about5^ of an inch long, and the legs are more nearly of equal body and legs bear many stout hairs; it varies in colorfrom yellow through orange to brown and dark green, oftenwith a darker spot on each side of the body. It spins a verydelicate silken web-like nest over its breeding grounds. Itseggs are elongate and white, and it is said to hibernate amongfallen leaves and not as eggs on the bark. Thus while thesetwo mites work in a similar manner on the foliage, they
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