Sabine · @canyakker
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Stefan F. Wirth · @stefanfwirth
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My contribution about phoretic mites: #GlobalSymposium on #soils for nutrition, 2022 by FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. #Proceedings volume now published.
citation of Proceedings volume:
#FAO. 2023. Soils, where food begins β Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition, 26-29 July 2022. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc6728en
My #paper: #Phoretic #mites as #microclimate originators in special #ephemeral #soil #habitats ....., page 112
#globalsymposium #soils #proceedings #fao #paper #phoretic #mites #microclimate #ephemeral #soil #habitats
! Quite Interesting · @notqikipedia
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Indigo βΏ she/her · @Skyliting
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Remy Dean π΄ββ οΈ · @remydean
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excellent #illustrations by Zel Cariad of mythical, magical, and/or amazing #animals
more via artists website:
https://zelcariad.blogspot.com/
...even the deadly ones are colourful & cheery!
#illustration #γ€γ©γΉγ #folklore #yokai #mythology #dogs #dragon #birds #mites
#illustrations #animals #illustration #γ€γ©γΉγ #folklore #yokai #mythology #dogs #dragon #birds #mites
IT News · @itnewsbot
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#nejm #toxin #mites #health #disease #beetles #science #parasites #dermatitis #strawitchmite #furniturebeetles #pyemotesventricosus
Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
692 followers · 20438 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.caArs Technica: Couple develops rare disease after beetles eating their furniture get mites https://arstechnica.com/?p=1950055 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #Pyemotesventricosus #furniturebeetles #strawitchmite #Dermatitis #parasites #Science #beetles #disease #Health #mites #toxin #NEJM
#Tech #arstechnica #it #technology #pyemotesventricosus #furniturebeetles #strawitchmite #dermatitis #parasites #science #beetles #disease #health #mites #toxin #nejm
neville park · @nev
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#MiteMonday: I was taking a photo of this red velvet mite (family Trombidiidae) when I noticed something on its butt. To my great surprise, it was another miteβa mesostigmatid, which are often hitchhikers on other arthropods. I haven't seen anything similar on trombidiids before, to my knowledge. Anyone know what's going on here?
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae #Mesostigmata #phoresy
#MiteMonday #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #trombidiidae #mesostigmata #phoresy
neville park · @nev
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Exciting Peak Anystid discovery today: just like the spiders in early spring had webs full of clover mites, the spiders now have webs full of whirligig mites!!
#DailySpiderPic #spiders #Theridiidae #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Anystidae #arachnids
#dailyspiderpic #spiders #Theridiidae #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #anystidae #arachnids
neville park · @nev
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in other news, found bristly millipedes (Polyxenida) and snout mites (Bdellidae) on my building's garden wall and was, unfortunately, very weird about it just as neighbours were coming home
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Bdellidae #Myriapoda #Diplopoda #Polyxenida #millipedes
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #bdellidae #myriapoda #Diplopoda #polyxenida #millipedes
Hans · @Hagukh
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A male Eastern Forktail Damselfly (Ischnura verticalis).
At the end of its abdomen you can see some dark red dots. π§
Unfortunately, this poor thing is infected with water mites.
I've added a crop of this photo to the photo for a better view.
#insects #damselfly #damselflies #mites #macrophotography #Mitestodon
#mitestodon #macrophotography #mites #damselflies #Damselfly #insects
neville park · @nev
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The trick to getting whirligig mites (family Anystidae) to stay still: water! All that running must be thirsty work, because they will almost always stop to drink for a good long while.
#ArthroBeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Anystidae
#arthrobeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #anystidae
neville park · @nev
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"Onward, noble steed!"
A long-legged velvet mite scrambling around the lakeside boardwalk ended up climbing onto this placid weevil several times.
#WeevilWednesday #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Erythraeidae #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae
#WeevilWednesday #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #erythraeidae #insects #beetles #Weevils #coleoptera #Curculionidae
neville park · @nev
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Dispatches from Peak Anystid season: they're hungry for aphids!!
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Anystidae #aphids #macro
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #anystidae #aphids #macro
neville park · @nev
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#MiteMonday: It's crowded in the garden during Peak Anystid! Yesterday I saw a whirligig mite (family Anystidae) eating a small plant bug (family Miridae) when a second mite came along and had a bite. The first mite stopped feeding, but did keep one foot on the bug, as if to call dibs. It wasn't long before a third mite happened upon the kill and also helped itself to the bug.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #MiteBehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #Anystidae #bugs #insects #Miridae
#MiteMonday #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mitebehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #anystidae #bugs #insects #miridae
neville park · @nev
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Here are just a few of the whirligig mites (Anystidae) I saw today in the garden.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #arachnids #Acari #Anystidae #macro
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #arachnids #Acari #anystidae #macro
neville park · @nev
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It's Peak Anystid and it seems every milkweed plant in the garden has at least half a dozen big plump ones running around on it! This one is eating an aphid.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #arachnids #Acari #Anystidae #macro
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #arachnids #Acari #anystidae #macro
Hans · @Hagukh
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A crustose Cinder lichen (Aspicilia cinera), with two mites, on a rock on the shore of Lake Huron.
#mites #spider #lichensubscribe #lichen
Dezene Huber π» · @dezene
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New research: #fires in #Australia (2019-2020) killed at least 60 billion #leaf #litter #arthropods, and perhaps up to 120 trillion (!!!) if #mites and #springtails are included.
Destruction of this community has effects on #decomposition, which affects stand #recovery.
Itβs easy to forget all these tiny #deaths, but we should expect more of them as #ClimateChange and fire interact to accelerate #biodiversity loss.
OA π https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aec.13375
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#fires #australia #LEAF #litter #Arthropods #mites #springtails #decomposition #recovery #deaths #climatechange #biodiversity
neville park · @nev
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Today in #taxonomy
I don't normally link Scientific Reports because it's a trash journal, but I just wanted to call your attention to the mite _Tyrophagus curvipenis_. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36695-z
Original paper (Fain & Fauvel 1993):
:ClosedAccess: https://doi.org/10.1080/01647959308683544
:scihub: https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/01647959308683544
Unlike scientific names with "-pennis", which actually means "feather", T. curvipenis is called that because it has a curved penis (image 1, from the 1993 paper).
Intromittent organs (penises or aedeagi) are relatively rare in arachnids, Opiliones being the exception. However, astigmatid mites evolved penises. In this family, Acaridae, the male sits backwards on the female, clinging on with specialized suckers, and inserts his penis into a special opening on her back (image 2, from Walter & Proctor's _Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour_).
#taxonomy #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #acaridae