author(s)
Vijay Singh and Usha Chauhan

abstract
Infestation of Tetranychus macfarlanei Baker and Pritchard was recorded in the present study. Among the natural enemies seven species of predatory mites, one saprophagous mite of family Acaridae and one spider species of family Araneidae was recorded associated with T. macfarlanei. Majority of predatory mite species were from family Phytoseiidae. Mite species were viz. Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant), Amblyseius largoensis (Muma), Amblyseius guajavae Gupta, Euseius finlandicus (Oudemans), Euseius prasadi (Chant & McMurtry), Euseius neococcinae Gupta, Agistemus fleschneri Summers and Acarus gracilis Margaret whereas recorded spider species was Neoscona sp. Maximum population of phytophagous mites and associated natural enemies were recorded during summer season.