spider mites on Venus Flytrap
Quick answer
If your Venus Flytrap has spider mites, the most likely cause is: Dionaea muscipula grown indoors shares the dry-air pest risk of most houseplants; red spider mites multiply rapidly in warm, dry rooms, piercing leaf cells and sucking the sap so that the trap surfaces become bleached or speckled, lose colour, and may show fine webbing between the lobes, eventually causing leaf fall if the colony is not controlled.
Start here:
- 1. Mist the plant daily to raise humidity around the foliage, since red spider mites thrive in hot, dry air and the humidity alone suppresses them.
- 2. Inspect the underside of the traps with a magnifying glass and treat with an insecticide or biological control, isolating the plant from other houseplants until the infestation clears.
Why Venus Flytrap gets spider mites
Dionaea muscipula
Dionaea muscipula grown indoors shares the dry-air pest risk of most houseplants; red spider mites multiply rapidly in warm, dry rooms, piercing leaf cells and sucking the sap so that the trap surfaces become bleached or speckled, lose colour, and may show fine webbing between the lobes, eventually causing leaf fall if the colony is not controlled.
How to reverse spider mites on Venus Flytrap
- 1
Mist the plant daily to raise humidity around the foliage, since red spider mites thrive in hot, dry air and the humidity alone suppresses them.
- 2
Inspect the underside of the traps with a magnifying glass and treat with an insecticide or biological control, isolating the plant from other houseplants until the infestation clears.
Keep spider mites off this Venus Flytrap
Look for bleached or speckled foliage and webbing between the leaves and stems during warm months, keep the pot on a humidity tray, and treat early before the mites establish so the traps do not drop.