Why don't you try to describe what you've seen?

here is the plant i mainly found them on. teensy white specks that moved. very slight small web. and evidence of some chomping! i cleaned off the leaves with wet paper towel and it looks okay for the moment. but then i noticed similar white specks on my umbrella plant.

on my rubber tree which was next to it i found what looked to me like a handful of eggs in the nook of where the stems meet. got rid of those and cleaned rubber tree thoroughly.

Water's insecticidal soap works wonders on spider mites. Mix some up according to directions in a spray bottle. Take your plants outside, and spray them completely, including the underside of the leaves and stems. You may need to repeat in a week or 2, but I usually find 1 treatment does the trick.

Water's should be Safer's. I love autocorrect.

thank you for your responses. just seeing them so since went and bought neem oil (already diluted in spray bottle). will try that first since i have it. will wait til evening to treat them.

Elisa - The key to eradicating spider mites is getting complete coverage with whatever you use to spray. The spray has to make direct contact with every single mite or else some will survive and reproduce. Spray so that all leaf and stem surfaces are dripping wet. Plain water will work, but any liquid dish soap will help the water spread and cover all of the surfaces.

Please don’t recommend using dish soap. As a “pro” you really should know better than this.

I don’t mean to be rude, but you’ve appeared out of nowhere and are giving some advice that’s rather questionable.

if you need to use any type of soap, the safest would be something like dr bronners pure castle peppermint soap.

Dish soap definitely can cause damage.

i've already treated once with diluted neem oil spray. and yes ive sprayed til dripping. was told to treat again 7 days later which i'm about to do tomorrow. thanks to all for all suggestions.

I’d use a 50/50 mix of water and 70% isopropyl alcohol. It’s always seemed to work much better than Neem for me.

Kills them on contact and evaporates fast enough to not cause any harm.

When properly diluted, liquid dish soap has no adverse effects on most plants. I know that from experience with hundreds of different plants.

Maybe this will enlighten you a little.

“Dishsoap/detergent’s effect on plants varies with the mode of exposure. If the top of the plant is sprayed thoroughly with even mild detergent solutions such that all surfaces including leaves are covered, the detergent can easily dissolve the protective coating of cuticular wax on the leaves of the plant, causing abnormally high rates of waterloss and possible necrosis of all or part of the leaf. Cuticular waxes prevent leaves from drying out, and help stop pathogens from attacking the leaf. Strong solutions will even dissolve cell membranes, causing death of the cells.

If a detergent solution is used as a soil drench or makes its way into the soil as a consequence of overspray or run-off, the effect on roots is immediate. Because one of the main function of roots is to absorb water and nutrients dissolved in water, they lack the waxy protective coating that leaves employ. Detergent solution in contact
with root cells can quickly dissolve the lipid membrane surrounding cells, killing the cells and inhibiting water/ nutrient uptake. Hair cells growing as appendages off larger roots do the lion’s share of assimilating water and nutrients, and these very
delicate cells would be the first casualty of any detergent in the root zone.

There are widely available insecticidal soaps, designed to be used topically and made from potassium fatty acids, that are specifically
formulated to be safe for mammals & birds, death on most insects they contact, and safe for plants. If you need something soapy, it would be much better if you selected a product intended for use on plants than one intended for other purposes.”