I think it was probably the mites. The spots still form on new leaves for a little while, a week maybe, after the mites are all dead. They feed on the leaves when they are still very small but the damage only becomes visible after the leaf gets bigger. So there is a little bit of a delay before you see improvement on new growth. The spots/mites came back in about a month on a couple trees that didn't get good spray coverage, so keep an eye out, it looks like spinosad did a pretty good job though. I didn't try spinosad because it is not listed for this type of mite but if it works at 2x strength, it works! How much time between sprays?