spider mites can be red right?

[Pearl00S4]

looks like lil red bugs, im assuming its spider mites. its my first set of insects. theres white spots on the leaves im finding them on. does this sound right? red spider mites??

 

[PixiDustr]

certain kinds of mites change color depending on age of infestation. Red means they have been there a while. I've found azamax to be very effective and you can apply it in a couple of different ways. Good luck. They are hard to get rid of...I also recommend Dr Doom fogger.

 

[Pearl00S4]

its the first time ive seen anything like this, def no signs before, only 3 or so leafs afected. i have a fogger, gonna hit e tonight n spray em down down

 

[marc88101]

Foggers dont wrk bro, there is a new product out called sns 209. IT works like nothing else!....the best stuff by far. sierranaturalscience.com also the sns 217 is great for killing then on the spot. kills the eggs too. good luck, they have great customer service if you call them! get it under control ASAP they spread in a matter of days

 

[marc88101]

and yes they are red

 

[Pearl00S4]

Foggers dont wrk bro, there is a new product out called sns 209. IT works like nothing else!....the best stuff by far. sierranaturalscience.com also the sns 217 is great for killing then on the spot. kills the eggs too. good luck, they have great customer service if you call them! get it under control ASAP they spread in a matter of days

so far so good, i hit em with the fogger. its been 2 days, no sign of anything new or old...although i know the eggs take 3 or so days to hatch. ill give it another day ortwo to make sure. its seperate from all the other so hopefully its semi contained!

 

[bunnyface]

Just to reply to the question spider mites come in many different colours, and there are different species, the red mite is quite common, then there the two spot mite which is most common, black with whiteish yellow spots near the head, but mites also come in grey,brown, white, and yellow.
I dont know if you can find the stuff but I tryed this stuff the other day and wow.. kills adults and eggs dead and is completely safe for plants, well so far as I can tell, its DYN-A-MITE F1 anti stress Folia Spray, was quite expensive but seems to of killed all the mites I had in one go,, anyhow good luck and dont forget to change the environment to slow the bastards down,
so raise the humidty and lower the temp to help your spray/fogger to kill them. I think if you can take temp below 60F and raise humility it will slow them down.. anyhow good luck and take it easy,