rgn2017 European Red Mite - Ontario AppleIPM MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE BP FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS Ontario Ontario, ApplelPM European Red Mite (ERM) Beginner Scientific Name Panonychus ulmi (Koch) Identification Eggs: + Red, * Slightly fattened (onion-shaped), * Have a hair-like stalk protruding from the top, Nymphs: + Newly hatched nymphs have three pairs of kegs. * Older nymphs have four pairs of legs as do the adults, Immature Adults: * Typically reddish, but may appear green following molting, Adults: + Range in size from 0.15-0.4 mm, depending on lit stage. * Males and females are distinet from one another: © The adult female is a deep brown-red, about 0.40 mm in length and has rows of spots on her back with raised “spines” © The male is smaller (0.28 mm), lighter or drabber in colour with a pointed abdomen, and legs proportionately Jonger than the female, Damage: * Bronzing on the leaves, + Severe infestations may result in defotiation, + Prolonged feeding leads to reduced shoot growth and fruit bud set the following year, + Fruit colour, soluble solids, firmness, size and weight ofthe fuit are ako affected, Often Confused With + Two-spotted spider mite- Damage fiom both mite appears as a bronzing of the kaves. Although they belong to the same: family as two-spotted spider mites, European red mites produce less obvious webbing Period of Activity European red mites are present from bloom to harvest. The first ew generations are generally synchronous in development, but by mid summer generations overlap and all stages (eggs, nymphs, adults) are present at the same time, Females begin laying overwintering eggs in ate August on twigs, branches and in the calyx end of fut htpihwnvomatra oven call Mieng|ishapplesinsectsleuropear-red-itatitbeginner “