Aculops fuchsiae - Fuchsia Gall Mite (Mite and Tick Images)

On seeing the symptoms; best advice is to prune and burn infected shoots and keep an eye out for re-infection; or dig out and burn infected plants. There is nothing that can be practically done to stop the spread of this mite in the UK and therefore it is something Fuchsia growers will have to learn to live with. At the time of writing this the species has been reported to be found in Penzance, Newlyn, Carbis Bay, St. Ives and Falmouth in Cornwall; and in Torquay in Devon; although it is likely to be everywhere in between as the mite is small enough to be carried on the wind and from flower to flower by bees.

APHOTOFAUNA

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library of
Terrestrial Wildlife and their Habitats, found across South-West
England and the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula by David Fenwick.

APHOTOFAUNA

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library of Terrestrial Wildlife and their Habitats, found across South-West England and the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula by David Fenwick.

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library of
Terrestrial Wildlife and their Habitats, found across South-West
England and the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula by David Fenwick.