Detail of the scars left by the piercing mouthparts of the two-spotted mite on an infested calendula leaf. The pest sucks the chlorophyll from the plant’s vascular tissues, causing the cell walls to collapse.
Detail of the scars left by the piercing mouthparts of the two-spotted mite on an infested calendula leaf. The pest sucks the chlorophyll from the plant’s vascular tissues, causing the cell walls to collapse.