Those are not spider mites. Looks to me more like leaf miners. Spider mites at fully grown will have a red body and when you squish them explode in red. I would spray them with spinacide like captain jacks deadbug which works very well. I protect a fairly large outdoor crop with captain jacks...
It will probably heal just fine with the tape, however if you wanted to you could use good old super glue so i can watch the experiment. Reef keepers use super glue in fish tanks to glue live coral and other aquatic plants. I have not used super glue on a plant just yet. When i get deep cuts i...