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bee parasite - Varroa
Copyright © 2007 Arlon

bee parasite - Varroa
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
May 4, 2007
Size: small
I was taking pictures of some bees in the clover and one of them had this parasite on it's back.. Any ideas what it is (parasite)?

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Contributed by Arlon on 4 May, 2007 - 3:34pm
Last updated 7 May, 2007 - 10:24am

Arlon
Can you please email me at bmarlin611 (at) comcast.net ?
… Bruce Marlin , 18 May, 2007 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

Varroa species
Moved to genus page.
… Robin McLeod, 7 May, 2007 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

Looks very much like the infa
Looks very much like the infamouse Varroa mite...
… Martin Hauser, 4 May, 2007 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Infamous...
but we apparently have no confirmed IDs on any of our images, so we have no guide page for this economically very significant genus.
… Chuck Entz, 5 May, 2007 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

 
Not much doubt on the vorroa
Not much doubt on the vorroa mite after doing a google image search. Thanks for the ID.
… Arlon, 5 May, 2007 - 6:11am login or register to post comments

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