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Hazelnut mite

The hazel mite

Naughty little bugger, which undermines the harvest of hazelnuts. This tiny little spider does a lot of damage.

Hazelnut mite

Filbert mite

Hazelnut mite

Mites in hazel buds

What to do?

Very quickly, cut the affected branches and burn them. This is what you will see written often.

In my garden I let things happen; every year, some hazelnut trees are attacked but I still eat hazelnuts. The auxiliaries must surely do their job.

But the hazel tree knows a lot of parasites! Everything you want to know about the entomological fauna of the hazel tree, on the following link:

http://www7.inra.fr/opie-insecticides/pdf/i86coutin.pdf