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Cryptophagid loaded with mites - Cryptophagus laticollis
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Cryptophagid loaded with mites - Cryptophagus laticollis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 22, 2011
Size: 2.9mm
This beetle was so loaded down it couldn't even walk.

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Contributed by tom murray on 22 October, 2011 - 8:50pm
Last updated 23 October, 2011 - 9:04am

Moved tentaviely [applies to all your Cryptophagus]
Moved from Silken Fungus Beetles.
… v belov, 23 October, 2011 - 9:04am

sweet pic!
… Blaine Mathison, 22 October, 2011 - 9:13pm

 
Thanks Blaine
Are those mites just hitching a ride or parasites?
… tom murray, 22 October, 2011 - 10:02pm

 
definitely phoretic --although a huge nuisance in this case
clearly the mites were desperate to evacuate whatever tough spot they found themselves in....
… v belov, 23 October, 2011 - 9:05am

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