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Eggs or parasite? - Arrenurus
Copyright © 2009 Dennis Totin

Eggs or parasite? - Arrenurus
Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA
July 10, 2009
Hanging on the underside of a Damselfly tail
Contributed by Dennis Totin on 19 July, 2009 - 9:31pm
Last updated 3 January, 2010 - 10:16am

Charley, you can probably grab
290500 if you like also.
… john and jane balaban, 3 January, 2010 - 11:03am

Excellent! Can you answer Dennis's question
about parasitism? Are these the parasitic young?
… john and jane balaban, 3 January, 2010 - 10:26am

 
Parasites
Yes, these are parasitic mite larvae, specific (I believe) to odonates.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 January, 2010 - 10:33am

Moved
Moved from Frass. You can re-frass if you like, but we don't have many images in this section yet.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 January, 2010 - 10:16am

Frassed
Moved from Damselflies. These would certainly be mites, not eggs, but they may be phoretic, using the damselfly as transport rather than parasitism. You can find more information by searching on mites and damselfly here at bugguide.
… john and jane balaban, 3 January, 2010 - 10:04am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Dennis Totin, 30 July, 2009 - 5:44am

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