Tiny arachnids help keep our skin healthy, but they can also cause problems, especially while their hosts are trying to sleep ...

Dust mites are insect-like pests that live in mattresses, pillows and soft surfaces. We spoke with experts about how to get ...

Spider mites are common household pests that infest crops and houseplants. Learn more about what spider mites eat, why you get them, how to get rid of spider mites, and more.

Clover mites are a species of mites that feed on plants. Learn what they look like, where they live, and how to get rid of them.

If the leaves on your houseplant look stippled or distorted, the plant may have fallen victim to mites, specifically spider mites. These arachnids are hard to see, reproduce rapidly, and leave a ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about care of yellow poinciana trees, dwarf mondo, tomatoes and pineapples plus ...

Ear mites in dogs are most likely the type called otodectes cynotis. Like all mites, otodectes cynotis are a type of arachnid—in fact, they look like tiny spiders.

Spider mites are tiny arachnids about the size of a period in a book, or one twentieth of an inch or smaller, depending on the species and sex. They’re difficult, if not impossible, to see with ...

Hundreds of thousands of the tiny wind-soaring and itch-inducing critters can fall from trees every day and are packed with a venom that can paralyze prey 166,000 times their size.

Clover mites are a species of mite which feeds on plants and are distantly related to other arachnids like spiders and ticks. These tiny creatures are the bane of most gardeners' existence due to ...

Eye mites, or Demodex, are microscopic organisms that live at the base of your eyelashes.