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  1. Please like my new #macrophotography of the #beetle #Valgus #hemipterus (#Scarabaeidae) with a #phoretic #mite (Mesostigmata) on YouTube:
    youtube.com/post/UgkxdgiRMZHS5
    The photo clearly shows the dense #scaling of the #pronotum, serving, i.a., for camouflage. But how generally can the link between selective pressure and #evolutionaryradiation in #scarabbeetles be reconstructed? (See Y. Tong et al.,2024).
    ©#StefanFWirth,#Berlin

    Reference
    doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-062

    #Photo
    © S.F.Wirth; edited in July 2026

  2. Please like my new #macrophotography of the #beetle #Valgus #hemipterus (#Scarabaeidae) with a #phoretic #mite (Mesostigmata) on YouTube:
    youtube.com/post/UgkxdgiRMZHS5
    The photo clearly shows the dense #scaling of the #pronotum, serving, i.a., for camouflage. But how generally can the link between selective pressure and #evolutionaryradiation in #scarabbeetles be reconstructed? (See Y. Tong et al.,2024).
    ©#StefanFWirth,#Berlin

    Reference
    doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-062

    #Photo
    © S.F.Wirth; edited in July 2026

  3. Please like my new #macrophotography of the #beetle #Valgus #hemipterus (#Scarabaeidae) with a #phoretic #mite (Mesostigmata) on YouTube:
    youtube.com/post/UgkxdgiRMZHS5
    The photo clearly shows the dense #scaling of the #pronotum, serving, i.a., for camouflage. But how generally can the link between selective pressure and #evolutionaryradiation in #scarabbeetles be reconstructed? (See Y. Tong et al.,2024).
    ©#StefanFWirth,#Berlin

    Reference
    doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-062

    #Photo
    © S.F.Wirth; edited in July 2026

  4. Please like my new #macrophotography of the #beetle #Valgus #hemipterus (#Scarabaeidae) with a #phoretic #mite (Mesostigmata) on YouTube:
    youtube.com/post/UgkxdgiRMZHS5
    The photo clearly shows the dense #scaling of the #pronotum, serving, i.a., for camouflage. But how generally can the link between selective pressure and #evolutionaryradiation in #scarabbeetles be reconstructed? (See Y. Tong et al.,2024).
    ©#StefanFWirth,#Berlin

    Reference
    doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-062

    #Photo
    © S.F.Wirth; edited in July 2026

  5. Please like my new #macrophotography of the #beetle #Valgus #hemipterus (#Scarabaeidae) with a #phoretic #mite (Mesostigmata) on YouTube:
    youtube.com/post/UgkxdgiRMZHS5
    The photo clearly shows the dense #scaling of the #pronotum, serving, i.a., for camouflage. But how generally can the link between selective pressure and #evolutionaryradiation in #scarabbeetles be reconstructed? (See Y. Tong et al.,2024).
    ©#StefanFWirth,#Berlin

    Reference
    doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-062

    #Photo
    © S.F.Wirth; edited in July 2026

  6. 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
    newsbeep.com/us/583689/

  7. 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
    newsbeep.com/us/583689/

  8. RE: mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115

    #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 2026

    Reference
    R. W. Currier er al. (2012): doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.20

  9. RE: mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115

    #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 2026

    Reference
    R. W. Currier er al. (2012): doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.20

  10. RE: mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115

    #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 2026

    Reference
    R. W. Currier er al. (2012): doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.20

  11. RE: mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115

    #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 2026

    Reference
    R. W. Currier er al. (2012): doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.20

  12. RE: mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115

    #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 2026

    Reference
    R. W. Currier er al. (2012): doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.20

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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 2025

    Video
    youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfr

    Pics
    © S.F. Wirth

  23. 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 2025

    Video
    youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfr

    Pics
    © S.F. Wirth

  24. 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 2025

    Video
    youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfr

    Pics
    © S.F. Wirth

  25. 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 2025

    Video
    youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfr

    Pics
    © S.F. Wirth

  26. 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 2025

    Video
    youtu.be/gzv-TZmU5G4?si=zrTLfr

    Pics
    © S.F. Wirth

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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:
    youtu.be/gRAT7CIKWTk?si=hb2LC1

    Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth

  32. 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:
    youtu.be/gRAT7CIKWTk?si=hb2LC1

    Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth

  33. 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:
    youtu.be/gRAT7CIKWTk?si=hb2LC1

    Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth

  34. 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:
    youtu.be/gRAT7CIKWTk?si=hb2LC1

    Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth

  35. 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:
    youtu.be/gRAT7CIKWTk?si=hb2LC1

    Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth

  36. 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.

    #FediHelp #mites #acarology #species #identification #pests

  37. 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.

    #FediHelp #mites #acarology #species #identification #pests

  38. 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.

    #FediHelp #mites #acarology #species #identification #pests

  39. 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.

    #FediHelp #mites #acarology #species #identification #pests

  40. 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.

    #FediHelp #mites #acarology #species #identification #pests

  41. Varroa mite detected in South Australia for first time

    Parasitic pest, varroa mite has been detected in South Australia for the first time. The discovery was made…
    #NewsBeep #News #Business #Agriculture #AU #Australia #BeeHive #Bees #biosecurity #honey #Mite #PIRSA #Riverland #Varroa #VarroaMite
    newsbeep.com/au/115223/

  42. My #YouTube #article points to my upcoming nature #video, showing interesting #biological #interactions on a common #dandelion inflorescence. A #mite (#Parasitellus sp.) appears to be attacking a #moth (#Pyrausta #despicata), but in reality, this is merely a #mistake by the mite, which is actually looking for a bee, presumably bumblebee, as a #phoretic #host for #dispersal.

    ©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

    Reference

    YouTube article S. F. Wirth (2025):
    youtube.com/post/UgkxP4oYFemnF

    #Photos
    ©S.F. Wirth