Claim · #6495626
Tetranychidae · herbivory · Vegetable crops
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“red spider, mite”
- Source
- Commercial Vegetable Production in Hawaii
- Authors
- Krauss F.G.
- Year
- 1932
- Publication
- University of Hawaii Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin No. 16
- Page
- 44
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tetranychidae (spider mites) are classic foliar pests on vegetables; note mite, not insect, but pest_organism_type correctly says 'mite'.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tetranychidae are arachnid sap-feeders on leaves; pest_organism_type correctly distinguishes mite from insect.”
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