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Honeybee (drone) & Varroa mite - Apis mellifera & Varroa destructor - Apis mellifera - male
Copyright © 2011 Alex Surcică

Honeybee (drone) & Varroa mite - Apis mellifera & Varroa destructor - Apis mellifera - Male
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 9, 2011
Contributed by Alex Surcică on 23 July, 2011 - 10:59pm
Last updated 24 August, 2011 - 4:04pm

Varroa destructor
Do you have a close up of the mite? That would be more useful than this image and could be placed on the corresponding page
… Beatriz Moisset, 12 February, 2012 - 8:47am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 24 August, 2011 - 4:04pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 August, 2011 - 8:08pm

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