are mites and spiders insects?
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Spider mites are not true insects, but are classed as a type of arachnid, relatives of spiders, ticks and scorpions. ... Mites live in colonies, mostly on the underside of leaves, and feed by piercing leaf tissue and sucking up the plant fluids.
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Mites are a type of small red or black arachnid, like spiders and ticks. They bite and cause irritation to your hedgehog's skin as well as its spines (quills) and hair. You may or may not be able to see the actual mites on your pet hedgehog but you probably will see the damage the mites cause to your pet.
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House dust mites are microscope bugs that primarily live on dead skin cells regularly shed from humans and their animal pets. Dust mites are generally harmless to most people. They don't carry diseases, but they can cause allergic reactions in asthmatics and others who are allergic to their feces.
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Arthropods have an exoskeleton and jointed legs. ... Arachnids are arthropods that live on land, have two tagmata, eight legs, two pedipalps and no antennae. Insects have three tagmata, six legs, no pedipalps and two antennae.
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Clover mites feed on grass, but do NOT bite humans or animals. ... Spider mites feed on plants, but are NOT harmful to people.
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It is almost certain that you have come in contact with clover mites, although you may not have known what these tiny arachnids were. It may be that one day as you sat on your back deck that something caught your eye. Something minuscule and red! ... Clover mites are very small, oval arachnids. They are not spiders!
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Spider mites are so small that you need a magnifying glass to see them clearly. ... To the naked eye, they look like tiny moving dots, but the webs that spider mites spin are much easier to see.
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Mites of domestic animals. Mites that infest and parasitize domestic animals cause disease and loss of production. Mites are small invertebrates, most of which are free living but some are parasitic. Mites are similar to ticks and both comprise the order Acari in the phylum Arthropoda.
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Spider mites have many natural enemies, which limit their numbers in many landscapes and gardens, especially when undisturbed by pesticide sprays. Some of the most important are the predatory mites, including the Galendromus (=Metaseiulus) occidentalis, and persimilis species.
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Soil mites are like fungi, they eat small dead insects, algae, dead plants, and small living insects. Soil mites can destroy not only your outdoor plants it also your home plants. ... If you have kept indoor plants then some soil particles can make way to your house. They can harm human health.
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There are similarities between insects and spiders. Both have jointed legs and hard external skeletons, called exoskeletons. ... Although most ants do not have wings, most insects do. Spiders, however, never have wings.
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['insects;', 'myriapods (including centipedes and millipedes);', 'arachnids (including spiders, mites and scorpions);', 'crustaceans (including slaters, prawn and crabs).']
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It is not an insect but rather an arachnid and the larva of a red mite called the harvest mite (Trombicula alfred-dugesi). Although we do have chiggers in our area, they are not all that common, and I think that most of the unknown bites are those of the tiny flies known as biting midges or no-see-ums.
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Spider mites are sap-sucking pests that commonly live in dense colonies beneath plant leaves. Their feeding activities can result in yellowed or stippled leaves that might fall from the plant prematurely. Fortunately, you can easily treat spider mite populations on houseplants with common dish soap and water.
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Dust mites are tiny animals, related to spiders, that are usually too small to be seen with the naked eye. They feed on dead skin that humans shed every day and their droppings may cause allergic reactions and may aggravate asthma, especially in children. ... Dust mites can only survive in humid environments.
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['Birds.', 'Bats.', 'Spiders.', 'Assassin bugs.', 'Predatory stink bugs.', 'Parasitic flies.']
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About Red spider mite Spider mites are arachnids and are related to all spider species. These tiny, highly destructive pests are common in greenhouses and on house plants and can also be found on outdoor plants during the warmer summer months.