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mites - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Copyright © 2015 Emily Stanley

mites - Nicrophorus orbicollis
Reisterstown, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
May 11, 2015
Size: 1-2mm
I'm guessing the host is Nicrophorus sayi, but I am more interested in knowing what the mites are. They were scrambling around all over the thorax.
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Contributed by Emily Stanley on 11 May, 2015 - 4:46pm
Last updated 29 December, 2015 - 10:16pm

Moved
Moved from Sexton Beetles.
… Guy A. Hanley, 29 December, 2015 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 22 May, 2015 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

probably Poecilochirus (for the mites)
see http://bugguide.net/node/view/87680
… metrioptera, 11 May, 2015 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

I would think sayi would have more curved hind tibiae
but then again.... you should probably wait for more learned views.
… Skip Blanchard, 11 May, 2015 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
The angle of view is not the best to judge the tibia curvature, but it didn't seems curved enough. Furthermore, the first orange vitta generally extend to the shoulder laterally on N. sayi. My best guest is N. orbicollis based on antennal club color, elytra marking, and pronotum shape but I cannot be sure without a lateral view. As for the acari, yes, it is clearly Poecilochirus.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 15 May, 2015 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
with N. orbicollis
… Guy A. Hanley, 29 December, 2015 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks!
… Emily Stanley, 15 May, 2015 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

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