🤯 One of its most fascinating behaviors:
Adult males carry female nymphs with their hind legs and mate with them immediately after they emerge as adults.

Tiny mite, remarkable strategy.

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#Acarology #Acari #Mites #Tarsonemidae #PlantPests #CropProtection

Robotic dust ball? Sentient sand grains? Some kinda sorcerer's debris?

Nope! Just a #mite carrying bits of material on its back, out for a stroll. #Tarsonemidae #Fungitarsonemus

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