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Tetranychidae (family) · pest pressure · Cucumis melo

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Melons: ... Spider Mites”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Page
74

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Spider mites (Tetranychidae) are major cucurbit pests in hot/dry tropical conditions; well-documented on melons globally including Pacific.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Tetranychidae are canonical melon pests causing leaf stippling/bronzing; family-level identification and leaf affected_part correct.”

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