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Red Palm Weevil with mite

Rhinchophorus ferrugineus; Hypoaspis aculeifer

Notes:

This is an example (in my opinion) of bad control of plagues. The mite in the photo is unspecific and can attack another insects, principally the bees.

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eulalia rubio
eulalia rubio 11 years ago

Interesantísima imagen, te copio el enlace a una página de Canarias donde también se ven los ácaros: http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?Id=...
Hice una misión para plagas e invasores: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1100...
Has ubicado la foto en una vivienda de Sueca ¿podrías indicar en "Habitat" dónde encontraste al picudo o de qué lugar procede?
Saludos

msb86
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Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on May 10, 2012
Submitted on May 10, 2012

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