柑桔叶螨的为害,仍然是柑桔生产上的一个大问题。捕食叶螨的捕食天敌有瓢虫、草岭、蓟马、蝽象、捕食螨等;寄生的有病毒和菌类。其中对捕食螨的研究,在国外较多,尤其是植绥螨的研究比较深入,全世界已知的就有800余种。美国人帕洛特在1906年首先报道。1910年在美国加州被认为是农作物上害螨的重要天敌,是消灭柑园叶螨的主要捕食者。二十世纪五十年代,对植绥螨作为叶螨的天敌予以高度评价,认为植绥螨全部生活过程和栖息场所与叶螨一致,是捕食螨中食量最大的种类,繁殖力比叶螨大,食料多种多样,在叶螨不足的情况 Citrus spider mite damage, is still a big problem in the production of citrus. Predators spiders predators have ladybugs, Caoling, thrips, stinkbugs, predatory mites, etc .; parasitic viruses and fungi. Among them, there are more studies on the predation of predatory mites in foreign countries, especially phytoseiosis mites. There are over 800 species known throughout the world. American Patlot first reported in 1906. 1910 in California, the United States is considered to be an important natural enemy of pests mites, is to eliminate the main predators of citrus gourd spider mites. In the 1950s, the phytoseiosis mites were highly evaluated as natural enemies of spider mites. The phytopathic mites were considered as the predators of all the life processes and habitats of spider mites. Food variety, lack of spider mites in the case