If they are eggs then they arent sucking anything. Do they move around? Can you get a closer picture? Also a picture of your whole plant may be helpful as well.

At the very bottom of your photos are some white blips. Look like aphids. They are what are doing the damage. The black specs maybe aphid eggs - aphids do both - eggs and live - but cannot tell from the picture. Google aphids for all the details.

Dave

Thanks for replies.

Cant seem to find any aphids exceptn for the red dots or possibly eggs. Here are photos of the whole plant. Thanks

Thanks

Is there any way to control these? They have also affected the smaller seedlings that i have. I have tried wiping them off with a piece of cloth but that doesnt seem to help.

I tried neem oil for spider mites, that was a waste of time.

If I don't have too many plants to do, I would scrub the leaves of each plant with a damp sponge twice a week. It's not possible to get all the mites and all their eggs each time you scrub, but if you keep it up, eventually you should get the upper hand.

I battled spider mites last summer. They just decimated my bush beans but I think I started fighting them a little too late. What I did was plant a new crop of beans a couple of weeks after removing the affected plants. This time, I sprayed with home made insecticidal soap as soon as the plants emerged and sprayed them regularly, about once every 7 days. I believe being proactive worked well to keep them at bay.