#dailymitevid — Public Fediverse posts
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It's still #MiteMonday somewhere…
Vignette from under a log. A snout mite (family Bdellidae) feeds on the remains of a springtail, with a guest appearance from a beetle mite (order? suborder? Oribatida)*.
* Above superfamily or so, mite taxonomic ranks start getting contentious.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acariformes #Bdellidae #Oribatida
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#MiteMonday × #LichenSubscribe: on a warm (~5°C+) winter day, tiny clover mites (_Bryobia_) stream up and down a lichen-covered tree trunk.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #CloverMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae
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For this #MiteMonday: while watching the vast clover mite rookeries, I saw tiny juvenile whirligig mites racing around, feeding on the eggs right under the clover mites' noses!
#MiteBehaviour, especially between different taxa, is endlessly fascinating to me (as you may have guessed.)
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Anystidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae #macro
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New video: 1 minute of a clover mite rookery on a tree trunk! Adults feeling their way around by tapping their long legs; clusters of shiny dark-red eggs; the white husks of cast-off old molts.
These mites are so tiny (<1mm) that despite their vast numbers they easily pass unnoticed.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae #Bryobia