honey bee mite: Acarapis woodi (Acarina: Tarsonemidae) - Georgia Invasive Species

honey bee mite
Acarapis woodi (Rennie)

Identification, Biology, Control and Management Resources

Featured Creatures - Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry and University of Florida
Mites and Ticks: A Virtual Introduction - USDA ARS Systematic Entomology Laboratory

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Adult(s); Mites inside tracheal tube; North America. Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); Mites inside tracheal tube; North America. Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); Close-up of tracheal tube with mites; North America. Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); Close-up of tracheal tube with mites; North America. Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Adult(s); The body is oval, widest between the second and third pairs of legs, with a shining smooth cuticle. A few long fine hairs are present on the body and legs. It has elongated, beaklike mouthparts for active feeding on the host; North America. Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); The body is oval, widest between the second and third pairs of legs, with a shining smooth cuticle. A few long fine hairs are present on the body and legs. It has elongated, beaklike mouthparts for active feeding on the host; North America. Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); Both female and male mites are whitish in color and microscopic in size. Females are 143-174 microns in length and 77-81 microns in width and males 125-136 microns in length and 60-77 microns in width. The body is oval, widest between the second and third pairs of legs, with a shining smooth cuticle. A few long fine hairs are present on the body and legs. It has elongated, beaklike mouthparts for active feeding on the host; North America. Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); Both female and male mites are whitish in color and microscopic in size. Females are 143-174 microns in length and 77-81 microns in width and males 125-136 microns in length and 60-77 microns in width. The body is oval, widest between the second and third pairs of legs, with a shining smooth cuticle. A few long fine hairs are present on the body and legs. It has elongated, beaklike mouthparts for active feeding on the host; North America. Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Adult(s); Males are 125-136 microns in length and 60-77 microns in width. The body is oval, widest between the second and third pairs of legs, with a shining smooth cuticle. A few long fine hairs are present on the body and legs. It has elongated, beaklike mouthparts for active feeding on the host; North America. Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); Males are 125-136 microns in length and 60-77 microns in width. The body is oval, widest between the second and third pairs of legs, with a shining smooth cuticle. A few long fine hairs are present on the body and legs. It has elongated, beaklike mouthparts for active feeding on the host; North America. Pest and Diseases Image Library, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); in trachea Lilia De Guzman, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); in trachea Lilia De Guzman, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Inspection ; disecting for tracheal mites R. Danka, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Adult(s); in trachea Lilia De Guzman, , Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage