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Severe mite damage on calendula

In severe cases of mite infestation, the entire host plant looks pale and “sucked out,” and is stippled with whitish scars where mites have pierced the leaf tissue to feed on the chlorophyll. The affected leaves may eventually yellow and drop.

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