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Symptoms: Damage occurs when the mites suck plant juices with their small, needle-like mouthparts.  Light infestations leave a pattern of small, pale spots on the infested plant. With heavier infestations the individual spots run together and can cause the death of a leaf or needle.  Also thin strands of webbing between your plants.

Description: Spider mites, often called red spiders, are very small, barely visible to the naked eye.  The newly hatched mite has 6 legs but all other active stages have 8 legs. They are related to spiders and ticks and are not insects.  Some are reddish in color but others are brownish or pale greenish.  Some have two or more darker spots on the back. Several common species spin fine, irregular webs over the infested parts of plants but other species spin little or no webbing.

Control: Before flowering use Spidermite Control, the best spray/pest control for them. For an organic solution and while flowering use spider mite predators.  They come in packs of 500 and 2000 and eat all spider mites in your room.