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We moved into this house last year and there were two gorgeous Japanese maple trees. Both trees are on a drip- but one of our trees is struggling and we had someone come take a look and they think it has a “bug”? Ive been doing research and I think it could be spider mites?

what do you guys think? any suggestions please! thank you so much!

for reference we live in a dry/hot climate but it’s just now starting to get warm and they thrived last summer!