Dryberry mite—Phyllocoptes gracilis
Adult mites have an oval body. They lack antennae and body segmentation. They are found on ripe fruit,
in cracks, and in crevices.
Damage
Dryberry mites may damage both raspberries and blackberries.
Ripening berries with dryberry mite infestations become dry.
Solutions
Tolerate damage or prune out and destroy damaged fruit.
Pesticides should be avoided in home gardens. If sprays are
needed, apply sulfur or lime
sulfur at
the delayed-dormant
stage, just before buds break. Several
applications of horticultural
oil spaced two to three weeks
apart after green fruit stage may also provide control. Don't
apply oil within one month of a sulfur treatment. | 
Dryberry
mite damage to raspberries
Dryberry
mites are found in crevices of bark
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