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0 0 Beetle Mite

Beetle Mite

by Ghent AldenChenoa, Illinois, USA

1mm long. Photographed on a patio slab.

4 2 Red-lined Carrion Beetle

Red-lined Carrion Beetle

by DianePlatcoBrooksOhio, USA

Large carrion beetle

2 4 Clown Beetle and Mites

Clown Beetle and Mites

by injicaCroatia

especially on the 5th there a mite walking over that beetle. This mites ( ...

10 5 Snail-killer Carabid with mites

Snail-killer Carabid with mites

by Brian38Enumclaw, Washington, United States

. This adaptation allows it to reach inside a snail's shell. The mites are of ...

1 6 Roundneck Sexton Beetle

Roundneck Sexton Beetle

by DianePlatcoBrooksCorning, Ohio, USA

Burying beetle, carrion beetle

6 2 hitchhiker mites

hitchhiker mites

by RickBohlerJacksonville, Florida, USA

All those little mites crawling all over this rainbow scarab beetle looks ...

3 9 Nicrophous beetle with phoretic mites

Nicrophous beetle with phoretic mites

by KarenSaxtonCoquille, Oregon, USA

Black carrion beetle of about 1" with yellow/orange mites. The carrion ...

5 2 Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle with Phoretic Mites

Pennsylvania Dingy Ground Beetle with Phoretic Mites

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

Phoretic Mites are not parasites of the beetles but instead use the beetles and ...

3 2 Gamasid or Phoretic Mites

Gamasid or Phoretic Mites

by LuckyLoganIowa, USA

competition. I believe these are Gamasid or Phoretic Mites (likely of genus ...

3 0 Common sexton beetle

Common sexton beetle

by JaeEpe, Gelderland, Netherlands

The common sexton beetle is a 'burying beetle': these beetles are the ...

1 0 Round-necked sexton beetle

Round-necked sexton beetle

by GoodyTulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Nicrophorus orbicollis is immediately recognized by its colorful orange ...

5 10 American carrion beetle

American carrion beetle

by Maria dBChapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

phoresis with non-flying mites of the genus

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