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Field Notes

Notes:

The red dots that apear in this insect's leg are actually parasitic mites.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Sergio Monteiro
Thank you, Chun. There are many of them in the place I took these pictures. Life must be hard for the insects that live there...
ChunXingWong
The red "balls" are actually mites that live on the host insects as parasites. These occurs to spiders too.

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Interaction between different species of Arthropods
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PublishedNovember 26, 2011

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