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Mites+glue?
Copyright © 2005 Sean McCann

Mites+glue?
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
December 5, 2005
Size: 1mm
On Rhynchophorus cruentatus
This shows that the mass of mites appears to be anchored to the thorax (one was on the elytron as well) by some thread like structures adhering to the cuticle.

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the mites Mites+glue?
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Contributed by Sean McCann on 6 December, 2005 - 11:39am
Last updated 18 June, 2007 - 6:44pm

Moved
Moved from Mesostigmata.
… Jim McClarin, 18 June, 2007 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Sean McCann, 18 June, 2007 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

mites+glue
These mites are phoretic deutonymphs from the Uropodina group (Acari- Gamasida (aka Mesostigmata). "Thread-like structures" are called "pedicels". These originates as sticky liquid excretion from animal's anal gland, thereafter hardens in contact with air in a form of a stalk. The pedicel keeps an animal firmly attached to the insect body surface. It lets a very small mite travel great distances fastened to the walking or flying insect.
… Magowski, 18 June, 2007 - 6:45am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks! I shall try to place them in the right spot.
… Sean McCann, 18 June, 2007 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites.
… Jim McClarin, 30 December, 2006 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

Great view
I've wondered just how the immature mite sacs are attached.
… Jim McClarin, 27 February, 2006 - 4:48am login or register to post comments

 
The article Szymkowiak et al.
The article Szymkowiak et al. 2007. Passive dispersal in arachnids. Biological Letters 44: 75-101. Goes into detail about uropodoid attachment and detachment on page 89.
… Wayne Knee, 2 March, 2009 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

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