Clover mites feed by sucking juice from plants. They attack and breed on a number of grasses, plus many cultivated plants and weeds growing around homes. They are most numerous in newly established lawns and in old lawns where there is a heavy growth of succulent, well-fertilized grass. The mites move to homes and other buildings from surrounding lawns and vegetation. They enter homes wherever they find tiny openings, usually under and around doors and windows and in cracks of foundations.
Mites appear to be more numerous about the warmer, sunny south side of homes.
This is where they enter homes in largest numbers. The use of a vacuum cleaner attachment to remove mites from indoor surfaces has been successful without crushing them. This text was extracted from the publication, MF-915.