I know spiromesifen has translaminar mobilty because I was looking to get Judo with the same AI. For anyone not aware, that term means the chemical moves into the leaf surface to act on pests feeding beneath the epidermis. This is crucial for controlling these mites because that's where most of the population resides.
Allen: Are doing anything else when you spray? - surfactants?, partial coring? Keep us posted with your results... this is an important and nasty pest. I will advise you and others to alternate treatments with at least one other miticide... with a different mode of action. This should prevent pest resistance. Another possibility, if you can legally acquire it, is Pylon... it's freakin' expensive too. One needs a lot of agaves to justify a basket of miticides.
Matt
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