I kekahi manawa, komo nā mite spider mite ʻelua i ka māla ʻuala. He ʻuʻuku nā mite, ʻewalu wāwae ma lalo o 1 mm ka lōʻihi. He paʻakikī ke ʻike ʻole me ka leki lima. Makemake nā mites e hānai ma ka ʻaoʻao lalo o nā lau. Milo lākou i nā pūnaewele palupalu ma nā lau o nā mea kanu e ulu ana ma nā palena lepo o kahi mahinaʻai. Hoʻopōʻino lākou i nā mea kanu ma ke kī ʻana i ka ʻiʻo lau me nā ʻāpana waha e unuhi i ka wai mea kanu.
ʻO ka ʻeha hānai ke kumu o ka mottling o nā lau. Ke piʻi aʻe ka pōʻino, ʻeleʻele a ʻeleʻele paha nā lau, kahi e hoʻemi ai i ka photosynthesis.

me nā wahi ʻeleʻele ʻelua