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title: "Two spot spider mites keep coming back! My Calathea white fusion…"
description: "Two spot spider mites keep coming back! My Calathea white fusion keeps getting small infestations of mites. Nothing seems to work to get rid of them except…"
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community: "Prayer Plant Allies"
author: "Amy"
published: "2025-05-21T06:57:49.365759Z"
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# Two spot spider mites keep coming back! My Calathea white fusion…

_Posted by Amy on 2025-05-21_

Two spot spider mites keep coming back! My Calathea white fusion keeps getting small infestations of mites. Nothing seems to work to get rid of them except beneficial insects (predatory spider mites), but they’re pricey. My Calathea reacts badly to neem, soap, and alcohol spray, so I can’t use that. Humidity in the room is good enough for my orchids, so I assume it’s OK for my Calathea. But the mites still return.  
Has anyone tried Arber bio insecticide and does it work? What about systemic insecticides that spider mites are not immune to? Any advice is appreciated.

## 4 comments

### Stephanie🎋 commented on 2025-05-21

I’m the same here. 😞

#### Amy replied on 2025-05-21

What do you do to control the spider mites?

#### Stephanie🎋 replied on 2025-05-21

I rinse the plant and spray it with mighty mint. This is supposedly to get rid of spiders and ants which I have a lot but they still come back

### Danii commented on 2025-05-21

So there is no (water in) systemic that kills mites. What’s worked for me and not damaged any of my plants leaves even my calathea’s, is this video (can’t share links here, it’s a YouTube vid) I didn’t repot like she did and my plants were fine.

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