spider mites on Snake Plant Moonshine
Quick answer
If your Snake Plant Moonshine has spider mites, the most likely cause is: Spider mites are listed alongside mealybugs as the most common pests of Dracaena trifasciata (snake plant) in Jade Murray's 'Beginner's Houseplant Garden' (Fox Chapel Publishing, 2022/2023); on the broad, pale silver leaves of the 'Moonshine' cultivar their fine stippling and webbing shows up more readily against the light moonshine coloration than it would on darker green snake plant varieties.
Start here:
- 1. Wipe every leaf surface with a cotton pad dipped in an organic neem oil solution, working from the leaf base up to the tip and rotating so each pale silver leaf is cleaned on both faces.
- 2. After wiping, lightly spray the whole plant with the neem solution including the leaf undersides, and repeat the treatment at weekly intervals for at least three weeks because spider mite eggs hatch in successive cohorts.
Why Snake Plant Moonshine gets spider mites
snake plant moonshine
Spider mites are listed alongside mealybugs as the most common pests of Dracaena trifasciata (snake plant) in Jade Murray's 'Beginner's Houseplant Garden' (Fox Chapel Publishing, 2022/2023); on the broad, pale silver leaves of the 'Moonshine' cultivar their fine stippling and webbing shows up more readily against the light moonshine coloration than it would on darker green snake plant varieties.
How to reverse spider mites on Snake Plant Moonshine
- 1
Wipe every leaf surface with a cotton pad dipped in an organic neem oil solution, working from the leaf base up to the tip and rotating so each pale silver leaf is cleaned on both faces.
- 2
After wiping, lightly spray the whole plant with the neem solution including the leaf undersides, and repeat the treatment at weekly intervals for at least three weeks because spider mite eggs hatch in successive cohorts.
Keep spider mites off this Snake Plant Moonshine
Routinely wipe the broad, dusty silver leaves with a damp cloth because dust on the leaf surface favors spider mite colonization, and avoid placing the plant near heat vents or in very dry corners where spider mites reproduce fastest on indoor succulents.