I'm not sure but perhaps they are cyclamen mites. In which case you would have to remove all infested areas. Helga Helen Wu wrote: > This is going to be a stupid question. Are all spider mites red? I have > these funny little white things that re-appear every once in a while. They > get to my miniature roses and now one of my jasmine plants. What's the > appropriate treatment - same as the (pretty elaborate) one posted by Helga > for the red spider mites? > > Helen.