We found the ant Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) preying on the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (green form) (Acari: Tetranychiidae), in a glass greenhouse on Miyako Island, Okinawa. This is the first observation of ant predation on spider mites in the field in Japan.
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