Check For Mites
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Jersey.
Early season reports this
year from crop consultants
and extension agents indicate
that the winter of 2003 has not
had any detrimental affect on
the over-wintering adults and
that eggs have already been
laid and hatched. Timothy
hay producers are urged to
check all stands of timothy for
symptoms of infestations and
to be prepared to apply proper
control materials in a timely
manner.
Biology
Unlike most crop pests, the
cereal rust mite prefers colder
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conditions to summer weath
er. The mites over-winter in
the crown area of timothy
plants as adults and eggs.
Maryland has recorded breed
ing activity as early as Janu
ary.
Each female can lay 20 to
30 eggs that rapidly reach ma
turity in 16-18 days. As a re
sult, populations can rapidly
increase.
Eggs and young larva are
found on the higher leaves.
Adults move down into the
plant crown where they prefer
to feed on the youngest
growth. As the mites mature
they will move out and then
“stand up” on their tails and
are dispersed by winds. The
mites have such a great pref-
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tions are rapidly building. By
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can be noted by looking for
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peratures arrive, the mite en
ters a dormancy period and is
rarely observed on regrowth.
Scouting
Growers of timothy should
begin to monitor their stands
of timothy for this pest. Scout
ing procedures have not been
fully developed, but producers
can collect representative
samples from across their
field. Hand lenses are avail-
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able from most camera stores
or mail order catalogs. A min
imum of 20-power is recom
mended. Look for the mite on
the surface side of the leaf.
Immature and adult mites are
similar in shape, like a “rice
kernel.” Eggs can be seen in
many cases. The egg resem
bles an extremely small, round
ball and will be evident across
the leaf surface. Most mites
and eggs will be seen in be
tween the veins on the leaf.
Remember that because of
population dynamics, a few
mites can rapidly develop into
an economic problem. If you
do not have access to a hand
lens, look for curled leaves.
Identification
The cereal rust mite is an
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extremely small pest, actually
one-sixteenth the size of a spi
der mite. You cannot observe
them without a magnifying
lens. The mites are shaped
like a grain of rice, soft bod
ied, with four legs located
near the head of this critter.
They can move fairly easily up
and down the leaves of the
timothy plant but they prefer
to feed on the youngest tissue
of the plant. They are not
commonly found on other
grass species.
The cereal rust mite feeds
on single cells at the base of
the grooves between the veins
on the timothy leaves. The
mite inserts a “needle-like”
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