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Unionicola
Photo#543945
Copyright © 2011
Stephen Luk
Water Mite -
Unionicola
Pine Lake, Gravenhurst, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
July 2, 2011
Size: 1.1 mm (body)
Collected in benthic dredge.
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Contributed by
Stephen Luk
on 11 July, 2011 - 4:39pm
Last updated 18 July, 2011 - 2:46pm
Excellent!
It's great to see these tiny beauties represented on BugGuide! Moved from
Water Mites
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Stephen Luk
, 18 July, 2011 - 2:46pm
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A beautiful and graceful Unio
A beautiful and graceful Unionicola sp. (Hygrobatoidea: Unionicolidae). Most prey on microcrustaceans, particularly cladocerans, in their post-larval stages and parasitize dipterans and trichopterans as larvae. However, many species of Unionicola are parasites of bivalves in their post-larval stages.
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Heather Proctor
, 18 July, 2011 - 2:28pm
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