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Mite, dorsal rear margin - Varroa destructor - female
Copyright © 2017 Edward L. Ruden

Mite, dorsal rear margin - Varroa destructor - Female

Santa Fe National Forest, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
April 4, 2017
Size: 1.13 mm BL
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This image is from a Helicon Focus processed stack of 514 images with a 0.8 µm step taken with a Nikon BD Plan Apo 40×/0.80 210/0 mm microscope objective + adapter/extension tube + Nikon D810 camera.

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Mite on honey bee - Varroa destructor - female Mite on honey bee crop, red removed - Varroa destructor - female Mite, dorsal - Varroa destructor - female Mite, dorsal rear margin - Varroa destructor - female Mite, anterior - Varroa destructor - female Mite, ventral - Varroa destructor - female Mite, ventral head and legs - Varroa destructor - female Mite, ventral-lateral head - Varroa destructor - female
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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 15 September, 2017 - 11:46am

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