Like many landscapes here in Hawaii, my home has a Chinese red hibiscus hedge (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis). And, like many such hedges, mine is infected by a little mite, aptly called the “leaf-crunching mite,” a.k.a., the Hibiscus Erineum Mite, a.k.a., A. hibisci (for those of you who prefer the latin-based names). The only name it doesn’t […]