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Grooobv 🍉It was a relatively nice day, so I went out to take some photos. Here are some bugs I found. Not sure what the black fly is exactly, could be a mosquito, could be a kind of midge.<a href="https://veganism.social/tags/spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spider</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diptera</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bugs</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arachnids</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a>

Megan Lynch (she/her)Spotted new galls forming on an oak that has volunteered in a bad location next to a years-old catalpa and the clothesline.Not just that big bulbous green one, but little "mosquito bite" ones starting up in adjacent branches.<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Gall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gall</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wasp</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mite</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Quercus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quercus</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Oak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oak</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/DavisCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DavisCA</a>

Stefan F. WirthMy <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/SEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SEM</a> shows a female of the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Histiostoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histiostoma</a> sp. (H. feroniarum-complex, special fixation) on <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/rottenlemon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rottenlemon</a> from Italy, <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/feeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feeding</a> a mixture of <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fungi</a> and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bacteria</a>. It is seen from above and displays the symmetrically <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/fenestrated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fenestrated</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/proterosomashield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#proterosomashield</a> that i.a. stabilizes muscle origins and still needs research. I published research information on that mite as poster <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/publication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publication</a>.© <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StefanFWirth</a> Berlin (2006-) 2025 Poster S. F. Wirth, FAO, Global Soil Partners. (2024) <a href="https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/gsid24/posters/en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/gsid24/posters/en/</a>

Stefan F. WirthMy digital <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artwork</a> from 2020, newly edited in 2025: I used image editing software to stereographically project the image plane onto a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/spherical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spherical</a> surface. This created a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/littleplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#littleplanet</a> projection with the impression that this <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tree</a> is the only one on its <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/tinyworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tinyworld</a>. With my artwork, I honor the tree itself, not only because it can bind CO2, but because it represents a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#community</a> of diverse <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/organisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#organisms</a>, on which I have conducted numerous <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/related" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#related</a> research. © <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StefanFWirth</a> Berlin 2025

IquitozActual AI identification <a href="https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-1067-b51a-f3b3-37c019574292" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-1067-b51a-f3b3-37c019574292</a>

Guerric HachéA spiny little mite found in Say Nuth Khaw Yum Provincial Park! I don't know much at all about mites, so any mite experts are welcome to chime in on who this is. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mite?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/acari?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acari</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/arthropod?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arthropod</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/invertebrates?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#invertebrates</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macrophotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildlifephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlifephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vancouver?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vancouver</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/britishcolumbia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#britishcolumbia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/canada?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/saynuthkhawyum?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saynuthkhawyum</a>

Scientific FrontlineHoney <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bee</a> mortality can be significantly reduced by ensuring that treatments for the parasitic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Varroa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Varroa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> occur within specific timeframes, a new study reveals. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgriculturalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AgriculturalScience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environmental</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sflorg</a> <a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2025/02/eco02032501.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sflorg.com/2025/02/eco02032501.html</a>

Stefan F. WirthThe <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/complex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#complex</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mouthparts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mouthparts</a> of <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Acariformes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acariformes</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mites</a>. As an example, here is the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/SEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SEM</a> image of a non determined <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> from the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Acaridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acaridae</a> (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Astigmata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astigmata</a>) <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/cut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cut</a> in the area of the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/proterosoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#proterosoma</a>, <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#perspective</a> towards <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/gnathosoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gnathosoma</a> from <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/internally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internally</a>. Visible are the complex <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/muscles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#muscles</a> that <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/move" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#move</a> the gnathosoma and partly (left) also the first pair of legs. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photo</a> from my early postdoc times, re-edited in 2024. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Astigmatina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astigmatina</a>© <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StefanFWirth</a> Berlin 2024

Stefan F. WirthThis is the first <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/freeliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freeliving</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/instar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#instar</a> of a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> from the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Histiostomatidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histiostomatidae</a> (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Astigmata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astigmata</a>, <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Acariformes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acariformes</a>) : named the <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/larva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#larva</a> and being characterized by having only <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/3pairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3pairs</a> of <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/legs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legs</a>, which is a phylogenetically old character. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Specific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Specific</a> and thus <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/apomorphic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apomorphic</a> for Histiostomatidae is that there is a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/dorsalpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dorsalpattern</a> of <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/sclerites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sclerites</a>, differing between subtaxa. The photo shows the species <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Histiostoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histiostoma</a> sp. (H. feroniarum-complex) from rotting <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/lemonfruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lemonfruits</a> in Italy (Sorrento).© <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StefanFWirth</a> Berlin 2024

Frank AshwoodHave you ever wondered: "Where's the Venn-diagram overlap between oribatid mites and the Hellraiser movies?"Of course you have. Therefore, it is my pleasure to present to you the Pinhead of the oribatid mite world, Neotrichozetes spinulosa! Mite hairdos don't get much crazier than this!<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Macrophotography</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SoilBiodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoilBiodiversity</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SoilEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoilEcology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acarology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acarology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Entomology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SoilFauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoilFauna</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mite</a>

Stefan F. WirthScanning electron microscope <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/SEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SEM</a> details of a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Histiostomatidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histiostomatidae</a>, <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Astigmata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astigmata</a>, <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Acariformes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acariformes</a>) from rotting <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/lemonfruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lemonfruits</a> in <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Italy</a> (Sorrento, from 2006).The <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/copulationopening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#copulationopening</a> of this species consists of a forwardly curved half "dome", which seemingly protects the opening hole from being covered by dirt from above. In this Histiostoma sp. it is useless as females reproduce parthenogenetically (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/thelytoky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thelytoky</a>). © <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StefanFWirth</a> Berlin 2024My full <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/blogarticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blogarticle</a> on X: <a href="https://x.com/wirthstef/status/1840364206966579512?t=G04uRpmjMOM1nvKMZNR5yQ&s=19" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://x.com/wirthstef/status/1840364206966579512?t=G04uRpmjMOM1nvKMZNR5yQ&s=19</a>

Paula BorchardtOur Desert Senna attracts many larvae & butterflies including this Gray Hairstreak Butterfly I illustrated for my Perpetual Journal. I painted the Red Velvet Mites for my 2023 PJ entry for the same week.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watercolor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#painting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sketchbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sketchbook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NatureJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureJournal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NatureJournaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureJournaling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PerpetualJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PerpetualJournal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tucson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tucson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SonoranDesert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SonoranDesert</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wildflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflower</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BloomScrolling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/arthropod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arthropod</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bug</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bugstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterfly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a>

Paula BorchardtUsually I choose 1 subject to draw each week in my Perpetual Journal but recently I had *2* cool subjects I couldn’t decide between so I drew both: a Black-headed Grosbeak & an Antlion.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watercolor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#painting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sketchbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sketchbook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NatureJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureJournal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NatureJournaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureJournaling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PerpetualJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PerpetualJournal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tucson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tucson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SonoranDesert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SonoranDesert</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#milkweed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/arthropod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arthropod</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/antlion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antlion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bug</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bugs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bugstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bird</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BirdsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BirdsOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/grosbeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grosbeak</a>

Colin PurringtonCollective ball of two-spotted spider mites (Tetranychus urticae) on a dying dahlia. It's assumed they do this to aid in wind and animal dispersal. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arachnid</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/silk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silk</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#web</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/dahlia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dahlia</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bud</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pests</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plants</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MiteMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiteMonday</a>

Colin PurringtonImmature dahlia flower encased in a web made by two-spotted spider mites (Tetranychus urticae). The webbing serves as protection and a way for mites to get around. Fun fact: silk is made in salivary glands on mouthparts, not from abdominal spinnerets like spiders. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arachnid</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/silk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silk</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#web</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/dahlia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dahlia</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bud</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Mitemonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mitemonday</a>

Paula BorchardtIn my latest blog post I shared my Perpetual Journal art of a Gray Hairstreak Butterfly & Red Velvet Mites + natural history info & stories of seeing these in my Tucson, AZ yard.<a href="https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/a-gray-hairstreak-butterfly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/a-gray-hairstreak-butterfly</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watercolor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#painting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sketchbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sketchbook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NatureJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureJournal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NatureJournaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureJournaling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PerpetualJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PerpetualJournal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tucson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tucson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SonoranDesert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SonoranDesert</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativePlants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wildflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflower</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BloomScrolling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/arthropod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arthropod</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bug</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bugstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butterfly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a>

Alice 🐝here they are!<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bugstodon</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arachnid</a>

Stefan F. WirthAbout phylogeny of and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/arthropods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arthropods</a> on <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Opuntioideae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Opuntioideae</a> with focus on a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasite</a> (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a>) and a <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/decomposer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#decomposer</a> (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mite</a>) ©<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StefanFWirth</a> Berlin 2024Lucia Claps & María E. de Haro (2001) M. Patrick Griffith & J. Mark Porter (2009) : <a href="https://doi.org/10.1086/593048" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1086/593048</a> S. F. Wirth (2005): <a href="https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=1890" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=1890</a>Photos: 1) SEM (mouth) of <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Bonomoia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bonomoia</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/opuntiae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opuntiae</a> 2) <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Maihueniopsis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maihueniopsis</a> glomerata, author Michael Wolf 3) M. clavarioides, by: Frank Vincentz 2007, 2)+3) under the Cr. Com. Attr. -Share Alike 3.0 Unp. license

Frank AshwoodThe good thing about being a macrophotographer and soil ecologist, is that I can still find beauty in unusual places - such as when SPIDER MITES are ravaging my houseplants.Watching these little Tetranychid nightmares traversing their tiny silk tightropes between leaves was oddly entertaining!<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Macrophotography</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Aranology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aranology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mite</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acarology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acarology</a>

Paula Borchardt<a href="https://flipping.rocks/@frankashwood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@frankashwood</a> <a href="https://arthropod.social/@entsocamerica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@entsocamerica</a> Here are my macro photos of festive Red Velvet Mites (2 color variations, Dinothrombium sp.) in our yard in Tucson, AZ, USA after some good monsoon rains this past summer.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtAdventCalendar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tucson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tucson</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SonoranDesert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SonoranDesert</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Monsoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monsoon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outdoors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Summer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/arthropod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arthropod</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Entomology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Mite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arachnid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/red" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#red</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MacroPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturePhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PhotographersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhotographersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a>

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