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Californian Hybrid Honeybee Population Has Evolved Natural Defense against Varroa Mites: Study
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are important ecological and agricultural pollinators. In the United States, beekeepers experience substantial annual colony…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Apis #apismellifera #bee #California #Honeybee #insect #Mite #parasite #Varroadestructor #Varroamite
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Californian Hybrid Honeybee Population Has Evolved Natural Defense against Varroa Mites: Study
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are important ecological and agricultural pollinators. In the United States, beekeepers experience substantial annual colony…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Apis #apismellifera #bee #California #Honeybee #insect #Mite #parasite #Varroadestructor #Varroamite
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Californian Hybrid Honeybee Population Has Evolved Natural Defense against Varroa Mites: Study
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are important ecological and agricultural pollinators. In the United States, beekeepers experience substantial annual colony…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Apis #Apismellifera #Bee #CA #California #Canada #Honeybee #Insect #Mite #Parasite #UnitedStates #Varroadestructor #Varroamite
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Hobby #beekeepers urged to check for #varroa #mite as more than 1,000 ACT #beehives #destroyed.
The impact of verroa mite will be felt by more than just beekeepers, with the loss of #pollinators likely to also disrupt #fruit and #vegetable yields in the area.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/act-varroa-mite-sees-over-1000-beehives-destroyed/106534718
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Hobby #beekeepers urged to check for #varroa #mite as more than 1,000 ACT #beehives #destroyed.
The impact of verroa mite will be felt by more than just beekeepers, with the loss of #pollinators likely to also disrupt #fruit and #vegetable yields in the area.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/act-varroa-mite-sees-over-1000-beehives-destroyed/106534718
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Hobby #beekeepers urged to check for #varroa #mite as more than 1,000 ACT #beehives #destroyed.
The impact of verroa mite will be felt by more than just beekeepers, with the loss of #pollinators likely to also disrupt #fruit and #vegetable yields in the area.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/act-varroa-mite-sees-over-1000-beehives-destroyed/106534718
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Years ago, with my then-host in the USA, John C. Moser, I described the #myrmecophilous #phoretic #mite #Histiostoma #blomquisti as a new #species (S.F.Wirth & J.C.Moser, 2010).
In a recent #sciencecomm. #article, I reconstructed its #biology, being found on active #queens of ant #Solenopsis #invicta, from my current perspective (S.F.Wirth,2026).
©#StefanFWirth 2026Please support me with a coffee https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth
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https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20101979#Photos
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Years ago, with my then-host in the USA, John C. Moser, I described the #myrmecophilous #phoretic #mite #Histiostoma #blomquisti as a new #species (S.F.Wirth & J.C.Moser, 2010).
In a recent #sciencecomm. #article, I reconstructed its #biology, being found on active #queens of ant #Solenopsis #invicta, from my current perspective (S.F.Wirth,2026).
©#StefanFWirth 2026Please support me with a coffee https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth
Ref
https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20101979#Photos
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Years ago, with my then-host in the USA, John C. Moser, I described the #myrmecophilous #phoretic #mite #Histiostoma #blomquisti as a new #species (S.F.Wirth & J.C.Moser, 2010).
In a recent #sciencecomm. #article, I reconstructed its #biology, being found on active #queens of ant #Solenopsis #invicta, from my current perspective (S.F.Wirth,2026).
©#StefanFWirth 2026Please support me with a coffee https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth
Ref
https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20101979#Photos
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Years ago, with my then-host in the USA, John C. Moser, I described the #myrmecophilous #phoretic #mite #Histiostoma #blomquisti as a new #species (S.F.Wirth & J.C.Moser, 2010).
In a recent #sciencecomm. #article, I reconstructed its #biology, being found on active #queens of ant #Solenopsis #invicta, from my current perspective (S.F.Wirth,2026).
©#StefanFWirth 2026Please support me with a coffee https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth
Ref
https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20101979#Photos
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Years ago, with my then-host in the USA, John C. Moser, I described the #myrmecophilous #phoretic #mite #Histiostoma #blomquisti as a new #species (S.F.Wirth & J.C.Moser, 2010).
In a recent #sciencecomm. #article, I reconstructed its #biology, being found on active #queens of ant #Solenopsis #invicta, from my current perspective (S.F.Wirth,2026).
©#StefanFWirth 2026Please support me with a coffee https://ko-fi.com/sfwirth
Ref
https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20101979#Photos
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Fossil Amber Preserves Ecological Interactions between Ancient Ants and Other Organisms
Fossils trapped in amber aren’t just beautiful, they may preserve real …
#Lithuania #LT #Europe #Europa #EU #amber #ant #Balticamber #Burmeseamber #Cretaceous #Crownant #Dominicanamber #Eocene #fossil #Hellant #Insect #Kachinamber #Lietuva #lithuania #Millipede #Mite #mosquito #naujienos #Oligocene #parasite #Parasiticwasp #Parasitism #snail #spider #Stemant #termite #wasp
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Fossil Amber Preserves Ecological Interactions between Ancient Ants and Other Organisms https://www.byteseu.com/1835542/ #amber #Ant #BalticAmber #BurmeseAmber #Cretaceous #CrownAnt #DominicanAmber #Eocene #Fossil #HellAnt #Insect #KachinAmber #Lithuania #Millipede #Mite #Mosquito #Oligocene #parasite #ParasiticWasp #Parasitism #snail #spider #StemAnt #Termite #Wasp
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/359805/ Fossil Amber Preserves Ecological Interactions between Ancient Ants and Other Organisms #amber #Ant #BalticAmber #BurmeseAmber #Cretaceous #CrownAnt #DominicanAmber #Éire #Eocene #fossil #HellAnt #IE #Insect #Ireland #KachinAmber #Lithuania #Millipede #Mite #Mosquito #Oligocene #Parasite #ParasiticWasp #Parasitism #Science #Snail #Spider #StemAnt #Termite #wasp
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RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115984446339509467
#Sarcoptes #scabiei var. hominis (#Astigmata, Acariformes) is a skin-#parasitic #mite that feeds on human #epidermal cells. Infection typically occurs via adult, mated #females.The mite has #subspecies found on both #domestic and #wild #animals. The #evolutionary direction was via #humanancestors to humans and from there #spreading first to domestic animals and then to wild animals (see ref).
© #StefanFWirth 2026Reference
R. W. Currier er al. (2012): https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06364.x -
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115984446339509467
#Sarcoptes #scabiei var. hominis (#Astigmata, Acariformes) is a skin-#parasitic #mite that feeds on human #epidermal cells. Infection typically occurs via adult, mated #females.The mite has #subspecies found on both #domestic and #wild #animals. The #evolutionary direction was via #humanancestors to humans and from there #spreading first to domestic animals and then to wild animals (see ref).
© #StefanFWirth 2026Reference
R. W. Currier er al. (2012): https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06364.x -
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115984446339509467
#Sarcoptes #scabiei var. hominis (#Astigmata, Acariformes) is a skin-#parasitic #mite that feeds on human #epidermal cells. Infection typically occurs via adult, mated #females.The mite has #subspecies found on both #domestic and #wild #animals. The #evolutionary direction was via #humanancestors to humans and from there #spreading first to domestic animals and then to wild animals (see ref).
© #StefanFWirth 2026Reference
R. W. Currier er al. (2012): https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06364.x -
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115984446339509467
#Sarcoptes #scabiei var. hominis (#Astigmata, Acariformes) is a skin-#parasitic #mite that feeds on human #epidermal cells. Infection typically occurs via adult, mated #females.The mite has #subspecies found on both #domestic and #wild #animals. The #evolutionary direction was via #humanancestors to humans and from there #spreading first to domestic animals and then to wild animals (see ref).
© #StefanFWirth 2026Reference
R. W. Currier er al. (2012): https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06364.x -
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115984446339509467
#Sarcoptes #scabiei var. hominis (#Astigmata, Acariformes) is a skin-#parasitic #mite that feeds on human #epidermal cells. Infection typically occurs via adult, mated #females.The mite has #subspecies found on both #domestic and #wild #animals. The #evolutionary direction was via #humanancestors to humans and from there #spreading first to domestic animals and then to wild animals (see ref).
© #StefanFWirth 2026Reference
R. W. Currier er al. (2012): https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06364.x -
Deadly #varroa #mite threatens half of Canberra’s #beehives.
The varroa mite, is expected to wipe out half of the #ACT's 6,000 #bee hives within two years, putting local #fruit & #vegetable #crops at #risk.
Varroa mites are 1 to 2 millimetre-long parasites that attach to honey bees, eventually killing the bees and their colonies.
The ACT's first infestation was found in a hive in Kowen in April this year. #auspol #apiarist #BeeKeepers
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-29/act-varroa-mite-wipe-out-half-bees-two-years/106148658 -
Deadly #varroa #mite threatens half of Canberra’s #beehives.
The varroa mite, is expected to wipe out half of the #ACT's 6,000 #bee hives within two years, putting local #fruit & #vegetable #crops at #risk.
Varroa mites are 1 to 2 millimetre-long parasites that attach to honey bees, eventually killing the bees and their colonies.
The ACT's first infestation was found in a hive in Kowen in April this year. #auspol #apiarist #BeeKeepers
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-29/act-varroa-mite-wipe-out-half-bees-two-years/106148658 -
Deadly #varroa #mite threatens half of Canberra’s #beehives.
The varroa mite, is expected to wipe out half of the #ACT's 6,000 #bee hives within two years, putting local #fruit & #vegetable #crops at #risk.
Varroa mites are 1 to 2 millimetre-long parasites that attach to honey bees, eventually killing the bees and their colonies.
The ACT's first infestation was found in a hive in Kowen in April this year. #auspol #apiarist #BeeKeepers
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-29/act-varroa-mite-wipe-out-half-bees-two-years/106148658 -
Deadly #varroa #mite threatens half of Canberra’s #beehives.
The varroa mite, is expected to wipe out half of the #ACT's 6,000 #bee hives within two years, putting local #fruit & #vegetable #crops at #risk.
Varroa mites are 1 to 2 millimetre-long parasites that attach to honey bees, eventually killing the bees and their colonies.
The ACT's first infestation was found in a hive in Kowen in April this year. #auspol #apiarist #BeeKeepers
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-29/act-varroa-mite-wipe-out-half-bees-two-years/106148658 -
Deadly #varroa #mite threatens half of Canberra’s #beehives.
The varroa mite, is expected to wipe out half of the #ACT's 6,000 #bee hives within two years, putting local #fruit & #vegetable #crops at #risk.
Varroa mites are 1 to 2 millimetre-long parasites that attach to honey bees, eventually killing the bees and their colonies.
The ACT's first infestation was found in a hive in Kowen in April this year. #auspol #apiarist #BeeKeepers
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-29/act-varroa-mite-wipe-out-half-bees-two-years/106148658 -
In summer when I was looking for galls to photograph for National Gall Week, I suspected that many were high above in the trees. Come autumn some of the leafy sort began drifting to ground...the first I noticed literally fell into my lap as I was sitting for a coffee break while woodcutting! That one is yet to come, this one came along the next day (mid October). Possibly Poplar Gall Mite Phyllocoptes populi, on a leaf of Populus balsamifera Balsam
Poplar
#Alberta #insects #Gall #Mite #nature -
In summer when I was looking for galls to photograph for National Gall Week, I suspected that many were high above in the trees. Come autumn some of the leafy sort began drifting to ground...the first I noticed literally fell into my lap as I was sitting for a coffee break while woodcutting! That one is yet to come, this one came along the next day (mid October). Possibly Poplar Gall Mite Phyllocoptes populi, on a leaf of Populus balsamifera Balsam
Poplar
#Alberta #insects #Gall #Mite #nature -
In summer when I was looking for galls to photograph for National Gall Week, I suspected that many were high above in the trees. Come autumn some of the leafy sort began drifting to ground...the first I noticed literally fell into my lap as I was sitting for a coffee break while woodcutting! That one is yet to come, this one came along the next day (mid October). Possibly Poplar Gall Mite Phyllocoptes populi, on a leaf of Populus balsamifera Balsam
Poplar
#Alberta #insects #Gall #Mite #nature -
In summer when I was looking for galls to photograph for National Gall Week, I suspected that many were high above in the trees. Come autumn some of the leafy sort began drifting to ground...the first I noticed literally fell into my lap as I was sitting for a coffee break while woodcutting! That one is yet to come, this one came along the next day (mid October). Possibly Poplar Gall Mite Phyllocoptes populi, on a leaf of Populus balsamifera Balsam
Poplar
#Alberta #insects #Gall #Mite #nature -
In summer when I was looking for galls to photograph for National Gall Week, I suspected that many were high above in the trees. Come autumn some of the leafy sort began drifting to ground...the first I noticed literally fell into my lap as I was sitting for a coffee break while woodcutting! That one is yet to come, this one came along the next day (mid October). Possibly Poplar Gall Mite Phyllocoptes populi, on a leaf of Populus balsamifera Balsam
Poplar
#Alberta #insects #Gall #Mite #nature -
It's week 3 of fatherhood, and today I was granted special dispensation from shopping, housework, nappies and feeding, to do a brief spot of macrophotography in the sunshine, brilliant!
The highlight was this incredible Oribatid mite, sporting long defensive spines (Neotrichozetes spinulosa). I've nicknamed it the Hellraiser mite, which seems to be catching on - feel free to use it too!
#Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Acari #Entomology #Nature #NaturePhotography #Acarology #Mite
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It's week 3 of fatherhood, and today I was granted special dispensation from shopping, housework, nappies and feeding, to do a brief spot of macrophotography in the sunshine, brilliant!
The highlight was this incredible Oribatid mite, sporting long defensive spines (Neotrichozetes spinulosa). I've nicknamed it the Hellraiser mite, which seems to be catching on - feel free to use it too!
#Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Acari #Entomology #Nature #NaturePhotography #Acarology #Mite
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It's week 3 of fatherhood, and today I was granted special dispensation from shopping, housework, nappies and feeding, to do a brief spot of macrophotography in the sunshine, brilliant!
The highlight was this incredible Oribatid mite, sporting long defensive spines (Neotrichozetes spinulosa). I've nicknamed it the Hellraiser mite, which seems to be catching on - feel free to use it too!
#Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Acari #Entomology #Nature #NaturePhotography #Acarology #Mite
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It's week 3 of fatherhood, and today I was granted special dispensation from shopping, housework, nappies and feeding, to do a brief spot of macrophotography in the sunshine, brilliant!
The highlight was this incredible Oribatid mite, sporting long defensive spines (Neotrichozetes spinulosa). I've nicknamed it the Hellraiser mite, which seems to be catching on - feel free to use it too!
#Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Acari #Entomology #Nature #NaturePhotography #Acarology #Mite
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In my new YouTube #video, I tell the #hypothetical story of a #Histiostomatidae #mite that lived its #lifehistory in the #dung heap of the #dinosaur #Edmontosaurus #annectens during the Late #Cretaceous. It developed #fungivorously within the dung and, when conditions deteriorated, was #transported by #flies to a new habitat (phoresis). All images and footage created with #AI assistance, except photos of free-living mites.
© #StefanFWirth 2025Video
https://youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfrC96k3KEGqrPics
© S.F. Wirth -
In my new YouTube #video, I tell the #hypothetical story of a #Histiostomatidae #mite that lived its #lifehistory in the #dung heap of the #dinosaur #Edmontosaurus #annectens during the Late #Cretaceous. It developed #fungivorously within the dung and, when conditions deteriorated, was #transported by #flies to a new habitat (phoresis). All images and footage created with #AI assistance, except photos of free-living mites.
© #StefanFWirth 2025Video
https://youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfrC96k3KEGqrPics
© S.F. Wirth -
In my new YouTube #video, I tell the #hypothetical story of a #Histiostomatidae #mite that lived its #lifehistory in the #dung heap of the #dinosaur #Edmontosaurus #annectens during the Late #Cretaceous. It developed #fungivorously within the dung and, when conditions deteriorated, was #transported by #flies to a new habitat (phoresis). All images and footage created with #AI assistance, except photos of free-living mites.
© #StefanFWirth 2025Video
https://youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfrC96k3KEGqrPics
© S.F. Wirth -
In my new YouTube #video, I tell the #hypothetical story of a #Histiostomatidae #mite that lived its #lifehistory in the #dung heap of the #dinosaur #Edmontosaurus #annectens during the Late #Cretaceous. It developed #fungivorously within the dung and, when conditions deteriorated, was #transported by #flies to a new habitat (phoresis). All images and footage created with #AI assistance, except photos of free-living mites.
© #StefanFWirth 2025Video
https://youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfrC96k3KEGqrPics
© S.F. Wirth -
In my new YouTube #video, I tell the #hypothetical story of a #Histiostomatidae #mite that lived its #lifehistory in the #dung heap of the #dinosaur #Edmontosaurus #annectens during the Late #Cretaceous. It developed #fungivorously within the dung and, when conditions deteriorated, was #transported by #flies to a new habitat (phoresis). All images and footage created with #AI assistance, except photos of free-living mites.
© #StefanFWirth 2025Video
https://youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfrC96k3KEGqrPics
© S.F. Wirth -
This little beasty popped out from between the gills of a 'shroom I was trying to photo. A Moss Mite I'm told , something like Damaeus onustus.
#Arachnid #mite #Invertebrate #Nature #Macro -
This little beasty popped out from between the gills of a 'shroom I was trying to photo. A Moss Mite I'm told , something like Damaeus onustus.
#Arachnid #mite #Invertebrate #Nature #Macro -
This little beasty popped out from between the gills of a 'shroom I was trying to photo. A Moss Mite I'm told , something like Damaeus onustus.
#Arachnid #mite #Invertebrate #Nature #Macro -
This little beasty popped out from between the gills of a 'shroom I was trying to photo. A Moss Mite I'm told , something like Damaeus onustus.
#Arachnid #mite #Invertebrate #Nature #Macro -
This little beasty popped out from between the gills of a 'shroom I was trying to photo. A Moss Mite I'm told , something like Damaeus onustus.
#Arachnid #mite #Invertebrate #Nature #Macro -
Why a #mite of the #Parasitidae (#Mesostigmata), apparently genus #Parasitellus, seemingly attacks moth #Pyrausta #despicata (Crambidae). Parasitellus develops in #bumblebee #nests and uses them for dispersal (#phoresy) to other nests, thus they leave their hosts on blossoms and wait for new hosts to be carried to new nests. The moth was detected by the mite as a #nonsuitable #phoretic #host.
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025
Visit my new YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/gRAT7CIKWTk?si=hb2LC19Fmf1URVl6Photos
©S.F. Wirth -
Why a #mite of the #Parasitidae (#Mesostigmata), apparently genus #Parasitellus, seemingly attacks moth #Pyrausta #despicata (Crambidae). Parasitellus develops in #bumblebee #nests and uses them for dispersal (#phoresy) to other nests, thus they leave their hosts on blossoms and wait for new hosts to be carried to new nests. The moth was detected by the mite as a #nonsuitable #phoretic #host.
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025
Visit my new YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/gRAT7CIKWTk?si=hb2LC19Fmf1URVl6Photos
©S.F. Wirth -
Why a #mite of the #Parasitidae (#Mesostigmata), apparently genus #Parasitellus, seemingly attacks moth #Pyrausta #despicata (Crambidae). Parasitellus develops in #bumblebee #nests and uses them for dispersal (#phoresy) to other nests, thus they leave their hosts on blossoms and wait for new hosts to be carried to new nests. The moth was detected by the mite as a #nonsuitable #phoretic #host.
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025
Visit my new YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/gRAT7CIKWTk?si=hb2LC19Fmf1URVl6Photos
©S.F. Wirth -
Why a #mite of the #Parasitidae (#Mesostigmata), apparently genus #Parasitellus, seemingly attacks moth #Pyrausta #despicata (Crambidae). Parasitellus develops in #bumblebee #nests and uses them for dispersal (#phoresy) to other nests, thus they leave their hosts on blossoms and wait for new hosts to be carried to new nests. The moth was detected by the mite as a #nonsuitable #phoretic #host.
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025
Visit my new YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/gRAT7CIKWTk?si=hb2LC19Fmf1URVl6Photos
©S.F. Wirth -
Why a #mite of the #Parasitidae (#Mesostigmata), apparently genus #Parasitellus, seemingly attacks moth #Pyrausta #despicata (Crambidae). Parasitellus develops in #bumblebee #nests and uses them for dispersal (#phoresy) to other nests, thus they leave their hosts on blossoms and wait for new hosts to be carried to new nests. The moth was detected by the mite as a #nonsuitable #phoretic #host.
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025
Visit my new YouTube Video:
https://youtu.be/gRAT7CIKWTk?si=hb2LC19Fmf1URVl6Photos
©S.F. Wirth -
CW: video of tiny bugs, probably mites
Hey Fedi, I need your help identifying these tiny critters. What are they? And how do I get rid of them, because I, uh, kinda got an infestation in my van's bathroom.
Some kind of #mite?
Photo with finger for scale, and videos made with a cheap USB microscope.
Feel free to suggest additional hashtags to help with identification.
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CW: video of tiny bugs, probably mites
Hey Fedi, I need your help identifying these tiny critters. What are they? And how do I get rid of them, because I, uh, kinda got an infestation in my van's bathroom.
Some kind of #mite?
Photo with finger for scale, and videos made with a cheap USB microscope.
Feel free to suggest additional hashtags to help with identification.