European red mite
generations in one year. The European red mite overwinters in the egg stage; the “winter eggs” are laid in the wooden parts of the host plants in autumn. European [...] Panonychus ulmi , is mainly a pest of fruit trees (apple, pear, plum and cherry). However, it can attack a large scale of other woody plants and is occasionally [...] distributed in all important apple growing areas of the world. Damage symptoms Feeding of European red mites on leaves of trees causes initially brown spots