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Home / Science / Biology / Flora and Fauna / Animalia / Arthropoda / Arachnida / Ticks and Mites
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- Acari: Mites - Collection of high-quality electron micrographs of plant-feeding mites and bee mites, from the U.S. National Mite Collection (USDA).
www.sel.barc.usda.gov/acari/frames/mites.html
- Acari: The Mites - Characteristics, taxonomy, and phylogenetic relationships of the Acari, including mites and ticks. By David Evans Walter, Jerry Krantz, and Evert Lindquist, from The Tree of Life project.
tolweb.org/tree?group=Acari&contgroup=Arachnida
- Chiggers - Brief article about the identification, biology, and control of chiggers found in Texas, as well as treatment for chigger bites.
entowww.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/L-1223.html
- Chiggers - Illustrated fact sheet from Ohio State University.
ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html
- Classification of Ticks - Information about ticks in Australia.
members.ozemail.com.au/~norbertf/classification.htm
- Dust Mites: A Primer - Detailed information on the biology of dust mites (including pyroglyphid and nonpyroglyphidites that are implicated in dustborne respiratory allergy), with information about the problems they cause.
www.ozemail.com.au/~lblanco
- House Dust Mites - University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County factsheet and audio message on house dust mites (includes biology and control).
www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/lanco/enviro/pest/factsheets/013-97.htm
- Identification of Ticks in Australia - Biology, drawings and descriptions, and discussion of problems caused. Species include cattle tick (Boophilus microplus), bush tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis), and paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus).
members.ozemail.com.au/~norbertf/identification.htm
- Iowa Insect Notes: American Dog Tick - About Dermacentor variabilis and its control, with photographs illustrating the life stages of this and other ticks found in the region, including deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) and lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum).
www.ent.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/tamerican.html
- Iowa State's Deer Tick Image Gallery - Photographs and QuickTime movies of several tick species of North America.
www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/ticks
- Itchy Chiggers - University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension factsheet and audio message on the biology and control of chiggers, which are the larvae of the harvest mite, Trombicula alfreddugesi.
www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/lanco/enviro/pest/factsheets/008-96.htm
- Lyme Disease and Tick Management - University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension factsheet and audio on ticks and Lyme disease, including images of several tick species and life stages.
www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/lanco/enviro/pest/factsheets/001-95.htm
- Mite Image Gallery - SEM images and text of mites by David Walter, University of Queensland, Australia.
www.uq.edu.au/entomology/mite/mitetxt.html
- Mites - Olfaction, Electrophysiology, Neurobiology - Phenotypic and genetic variation in behavioral and sensory response of predatory mites (Phytoseiulus persimilis) to herbivore-induced plant volatiles
www.bio.uva.nl/onderzoek/popbio/mvtilborg/index.html
- Mites Medically Important to Humans - University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension factsheet and audio focused on house dust mites and the scabies mite, Sarcoptes scabiei.
www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/lanco/enviro/pest/factsheets/275-97.htm
- Rhipicephalus sanguineus - Images of the brown dog tick.
www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/rhipicephalus.html
- Scrub Itch Mite or Chigger - Image of a member of the family Trombiculidae.
www.uq.edu.au/entomology/mite/chig.html
- Tick Biology - Information and images covering the life cycles and biology of the Ixodidae (hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks).
entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/rbkimsey/tickbio.html
- Tick Images - Sketches, photos, size comparison, and morphological descriptions of ticks found in Rhode Island, including blacklegged (deer) tick, Ixodes scapularis; American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis; and lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum.
www.riaes.org/resources/ticklab/ticks.html
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