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Mites?

Started By JTaves , Dec 21 2017 6:33 PM

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#1 Offline JTaves - Posted December 21 2017 - 6:33 PM

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Hello. A while ago I was looking at my Formica sp. through my camera and I noticed that there were some odd looking things on them. I put a lemon in there in case that they were mites, but they ended up being buried. Are these mites, and if so, how can I get rid of them. 

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted December 21 2017 - 6:39 PM

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Looks like mites to me. Hard to tell if they're parasitic or not. Try to see if they are biting the ants between the segments of their exoskeleton.


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#3 Offline JTaves - Posted December 21 2017 - 6:43 PM

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It looks to me like they are just sitting on the exoskeleton, not really near the gaps


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