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Photo#1180685
Hitchhiker on Curculionidae
Copyright © 2016 MJ Hatfield

Hitchhiker on Curculionidae
Dunning Spring, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 16, 2015
Size: 3 mm
I can't quite tell what this is. Is it a mite?

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Curculionidae, dorsal - Magdalis pandura Curculionidae, lateral - Magdalis pandura Curculionidae, frontal - Magdalis pandura Hitchhiker on Curculionidae Curculionidae, ventral - Magdalis pandura
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 8 January, 2016 - 9:02pm
Last updated 24 January, 2021 - 7:51am

Uropodidae?
I think this may be a small cluster of uropodid mites attached to the beetle like this:

The arraignment and perhaps a spot of dirt for an "eye" coincidentally resembles an insect - a weevil actually. The "legs", then, would be secreted pedicels that hold them on. One can see what appears to be actual legs tucked in flush to the body on the lower one, like this:
… Edward L. Ruden, 16 March, 2021 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting.
I didn't know mites could attach in such a manner.
In retrospect, it might not be a mite on the weevil.
… MJ Hatfield, 20 March, 2021 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Magdalis pandura.
… MJ Hatfield, 24 January, 2021 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Magdalis.
… v belov, 16 February, 2018 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

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