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Varroa destructor (Adult male) (5048696928)

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Summary[edit] Description: An adult male of Varroa destructor, a mite parasiting the domestic bee (honeybee - Apis mellifera). Frontal view. Scale : mite width = 0.8 mm Technical settings : - focus stack of 41 images - microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) on 100 mm extension tubes + adapter With thanks to Christoph Bosch and Bettina Ziegelmann for ID advice. Date: 3 October 2010, 22:44. Source: Varroa destructor (Adult male) Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium.

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