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The house-mouse mite is the only known vector of the disease rickettsialpox. [59] House dust mites, found in warm and humid places such as beds, cause several forms of allergic diseases, including hay fever, asthma and eczema, and are known to aggravate atopic dermatitis. [60]
Riccardoella limacum or the white snail mite is a member of the Acari (mite) [1] family which is parasitic primarily on snails. Slug mites are very small (less than 0.5 mm in length), white, and can be seen to move very rapidly over the surface of their host, particularly under the shell rim and near the pulmonary aperture .
The larvae of these mites range from translucent white to tan in colour. They are tiny and oval in shape and size, have six legs, and are wingless. Nymphs look similar to larvae, with the exception of being slightly larger and having eight legs. [7] Adult phytoseiids are less than 0.5 mm in size, pear-shaped, wingless, and have eight legs. They ...
Stratiolaelaps scimitus and the similar species, S. aculiefer are soil-dwelling, predatory mites. Stratiolaelaps mites feed on fungus gnats, springtails, thrips pupae, and other small insects in the soil. The mite is 0.5 mm (1 ⁄ 50 in) long and light-brown in color. It inhabits the top 1 ⁄ 2 inch (13 mm) layer of soil. Both nymphs and ...
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There, the tiny animals (2.5–4.5 mm or 0.10–0.18 in) can find their food such as booklice and house dust mites. They enter homes by riding insects ( phoresy ) larger than themselves, or are brought in with firewood.
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Rhizoglyphus feed on a range of ornamental (e.g. Dahlia, Eucharis, Gladiolus, Hyacinthus, Iris, lily, Narcissus, orchid, tulip) and crop plants (e.g. barley, carrot, garlic, onion, potato, sweet potato, taro). [3] [5] While underground plant parts are most commonly attacked, the mites have also been collected from leaves, stems and seeds. [3] [4]