Mites? What to do?

[Hans Breuer]

I assume these brown spots were made by mites snacking on the epidermis.

What to do? Before you tell me all about those wonderful pesticides I cannot buy here in Taiwan - are there any natural methods for nuking them? Chili/vinegar broth, stuff like that?

Thanks!

 

[Decapod73]

Yikes! I suppose you could always buy more mites and sprinkle them on the plant.

http://www.benemite.com/index.htm
http://floriculture.osu.edu/archive/apr99/premite1.html
http://www.redlandsnursery.com.au/infogeneral/mites.htm

I know that such predatory mite-eating mites are the only option for arthropod cultivators when their tarantulas/walking sticks/etc are infested with mites as pesticides would kill both the parasite and the host! Seeing as these are on a plant, you probably have more options if you don't want even more bugs (even good ones) crawling around.