How to get rid of briobia (clover mite) in your garden?

Briobia, or clover mite, can not only attack plants in the garden, but also move into the house. But this pest is quite rare, much more often cereal briobia parasitizes on cultivated plants. If you do not take action, the pests move into the house, which only complicates the task of removing them. The fight against ticks must be comprehensive.

What does briobia look like and where does it live?

Briobia cereal has a wide reddish body and long legs. The size of the arthropods is 1 mm. They are highly mobile and fertile. The mite eggs are easily visible due to their large size and orange coloration. The pest lays them directly on the surface of the leaves. Briobia cereal itself is quite difficult to detect.

The clover mite is 2 times smaller than its relative. Its body color is green or brown, and its eggs are dark red. Due to the attack of briobia, light streaks or spots appear on the leaves, a little later the leaf dries out, twists and becomes covered with cracks.

Briobia infestation is easily confused with thrips infestation. The main difference is that thrips do not lay eggs on the outside, but on the inside of the leaves.

Briobia is activated in spring and autumn. On the street, an accumulation of herbivorous mites can be found under the bark in the lower part of trees, on lawns, in cracks on the walls of buildings. Pests can hide under the cladding of the house, from where they easily penetrate into the dwelling itself.

Algae and mold are attractive to pests. They often take root where they over-water and fertilize the lawn.

Pest control with drugs

If traces of briobia are found on the site, urgent action is needed. First of all, the lesions must be treated with one of the following drugs:

• "Agravertine". The drug has a nerve effect. In a few days, the briobia die. The spray solution is prepared from 5 ml of the product and 5 liters of water. Up to 10 liters of working solution are consumed per one hundred square meters, trees with signs of the presence of pests are sprayed to a height of 60 cm. Treatment is carried out every 7 days until the pests are completely destroyed.
• Actellik. The drug belongs to the group of contact-intestinal insectoacaricides. It is harmless to plants, has a prolonged effect, does not cause addiction to pests. The main active ingredient is pirimiphos-methyl. The effect of the drug is enhanced at temperatures from 15 to 25 ° C. The consumption rate is 2 ml of the product per 1 liter of water. The prepared solution is enough for processing 5 m² lawn.
• "Neoron". Contact acaricide used to kill herbivorous mites. It kills not only arthropods, but also their eggs and larvae. It has a long-lasting protective effect. Does not harm plants and beneficial insects. It is used at the first symptoms of briobia lesion. The solution is prepared from 20 ml of the drug per 10 l of water.
• Fitoverm. This biological protection agent belongs to the group of insectoacaricides. The drug is suitable for use in open and closed ground. "Fitoverm" enters the tick organism by contact-intestinal route and causes nervous paralysis for several days. In 3 days after application, the drug is completely decomposed. Re-treatment is required after a week. The product is consumed in the amount of 2 ml per 1 liter of water.
• "Fufanon". Chemical insecticide, safe for the environment and plants. Can be used at home.Affects the nervous system of briobia, inhibiting its work. The tick dies from the drug in a day; in cool weather, the effect is slower. The consumption of the product is a 5 ml ampoule for 5 liters of water. Re-processing is required after 7-10 days.

Treatments should be done in dry cloudy weather in the morning or evening. The use of chemicals requires the use of personal protective equipment - a respirator, glasses, closed clothing, rubber gloves.

Additional measures

Briobia tend to penetrate the house with the onset of cold weather in order to winter. Houseplants serve as their food in the winter months. In this case, as well as on the street, the pests are easiest to detect by laying eggs on the leaves. At the initial stage of infection, wiping the leaves with soapy water will be effective. If the ticks have had time to breed, it is necessary to use chemical agents (acaricides).

To protect the house from grass briobia and clover mite, you need to dig up the ground around the perimeter of the house, removing all vegetation at a distance of half a meter. The areas adjacent to the southern, southwestern and eastern walls are especially carefully cleared of weeds and grass.

If you don't like the look of bare ground, you can cover it with gravel or decorative stone. This technique will simultaneously create an additional barrier for the tick.

You can plant pest repellent plants on the site. It:

• geranium;
• sage;
• calendula;
• roses;
• zinnias;
• petunias.

The pest is also scared off by the smells of conifers and barberry.

For better protection, you can perform a barrier treatment with any of the above drugs. The agent is sprayed on the territory adjacent to the house and on the walls to a height of 50-60 cm. To prevent the pest from entering the dwelling through windows and doors, the openings should be treated with baking soda (if it hits the tick's body, it will cause its slow death).

Double-sided tape can also be used as a barrier method. When trying to crawl into the house, the mites will stick to the adhesive surface. From time to time, the used adhesive tape is replaced with fresh one.

If ticks have been seen in your home, it is recommended that you do a thorough vacuuming to remove not only the ticks, but also their eggs.

Pests constantly attack gardens, dachas and even residential buildings, so you need to always be on your guard. It is necessary to maintain cleanliness on the site, observe agricultural techniques, thereby maintaining the immunity of plants, regularly inspect the garden plantings and flowers in the house. When pests are found, it is necessary, without delay, to begin the fight against them.