Beetle Body full with Mites ...

[liewwk]

a poor beetle body full with mites ... or more on http://liewwk-macro.blogspot.com/2010/02/beetle-body-full-with-mites-again.html

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2. closer to the mites


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[hobbit6003]

Wow, pardon me for asking, are they living in symbiosis, or are the mites parasitic to the beetle?

 

[liewwk]

Wow, pardon me for asking, are they living in symbiosis, or are the mites parasitic to the beetle?

they are mites/parasites

 

[B-setting]

but insects are without blood. so what do the mites eat? :dunno:

 

[budak]

got blood la, http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/circulatory.html

 

[liewwk]

but insects are without blood. so what do the mites eat? :dunno:

they use it for transport ... may be

http://macromite.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/mite-farm-or-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/

 

[B-setting]

got blood la, http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/circulatory.html

oh wow! thanks for the eye-opening info. appreciate it very much. i learned something new today! :thumbsup:

 

[B-setting]

they use it for transport ... may be

http://macromite.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/mite-farm-or-some-animals-are-more-equal-than-others/

and another new thing i learned today! thanks a lot liew! :thumbsup:

 

[NovJoe]

Cool shots! Poor beetle...

 

[peterpan]

Poor beetle, with this mass of mites. the beetle will not live long most it will last for 1 day.
some of this mite lay their egg on the beetle.

 

[Numnumball]

Nice shots, poor beetle though

 

[jameskkmok]

Nice capture, this one you did not bathe it:nono:

 

[old-newbird]

great take! how big was the subject bro?

 

[madmartian]

Good capture! You have to becareful, they 'mite' jump on your lens............;p :bsmilie:

 

[liewwk]

thanks all

old-newbird .. it is ~10-15mm in size

 

[Grant]

wow,cool:thumbsup:

 

[glenntbk]

So Scary. Nice capture.

 

[tchuanye]

Wah, this fella must be suffering! Nice shot! Great details!

 

[peterpan]

Some of this mite family like humem blood and it scary

 

[sabrecruz]

All of u are wrong. These are not mites but the beetle's offspring. After hatching, the male beetle transports these babies from one location to another. The strongest ones survive. They will feed on what's available. After 3 weeks, they are on their own and the whole cycle repeats.