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title: "Twospotted Spider Mite"
description: "Tetranychus urticae — Insects & spiders. Tetranychus urticae (common names include red spider mite and two-spotted spider mite) is a species of plant-feeding mite generally considered to be a pest."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/twospotted-spider-mite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Twospotted Spider Mite

> Tetranychus urticae — Insects & spiders. Tetranychus urticae (common names include red spider mite and two-spotted spider mite) is a species of plant-feeding mite generally considered to be a pest.

- Scientific name: *Tetranychus urticae*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 1496
- Wikidata: [Q1335549](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1335549)
- iNaturalist taxon: [203333](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/203333)

## Names

- en: Twospotted Spider Mite
- de: Gemeine Spinnmilbe
- es: Ácaro rojo
- fr: Tétranyque à deux points
- nl: Spint
- pl: Przędziorek chmielowiec

## Countries with the most observations

TW (80), US (64), MX (26), AR (24), BR (17), CA (12), IL (10), DE (9), ES (7), FR (5), GB (5), RU (5)

## Summary

Tetranychus urticae (common names include red spider mite and two-spotted spider mite) is a species of plant-feeding mite generally considered to be a pest. It is the most widely known member of the family Tetranychidae or spider mites. Its genome was fully sequenced in 2011, and was the first genome sequence from any chelicerate.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetranychus_urticae

## Photo

![Twospotted Spider Mite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/twospotted-spider-mite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Murielle Desrois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29244553

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/twospotted-spider-mite?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).