Flora and Fauna
- 481
- Ixodes scapularis: Blacklegged or Deer Tick
- Provides photographs and a description of this tick, with information on its distribution, life cycle, medical significance and management.
- 482
- Ixodes scapularis: Deer Tick
- Research project by Brianna Clarin on this species, including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and interactions with other species.
- 483
- Ixodes scapularis: Deer Tick
- Student project including classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.
- 484
- Rhipicephalus sanguineus: Brown Dog Tick
- Provides photographs and a description of this tick, with information on its distribution, life cycle, medical and veterinary significance and management.
- 485
- Tick Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University
- Detailed information about ticks and tick research in Texas.
- 487
- Microscopic Freshwater Crustaceans
- Article by Wim van Egmond introducing water fleas, ostracods and copepods with several excellent photographs.
- 488
- Nonindigenous Crustaceans
- Describes common methods of introduction, with links to descriptions of species and US distribution maps.
- 489
- The Plankton Net
- Open access repository for plankton-related information provided by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.
- 491
- Acalitus vaccinii: Blueberry Bud Mite
- Provides photographs and a description of this species, with information on its distribution, life history, hosts and economic importance.
- 492
- Acarapis woodi: Honey Bee Tracheal Mite
- Provides photographs and a description of this mite, with information on its distribution, life history, hosts, economic importance and management.
- 493
- Acathrix trymatus:
- Provides illustrations and a description of this coconut mite, with information on its distribution, detection and the damage it does.
- 494
- Brevipalpus californicus
- Provides illustrations and a description of this false spider or flat mite, with information on its distribution, hosts, economic importance, detection and management.
- 495
- Brevipalpus phoenicis
- Provides illustrations and a description of this false spider mite or red and black flat mite, with information on its distribution, hosts, economic importance and management.
- 496
- Demodex
- Photographic article by M. Halit Umar on the theme that life is a continuous interaction between organisms, in this case between man and the mite that lives in human hair follicles.
- 497
- Dermatophagoides spp: House Dust Mite
- Provides illustrations and a description of these cosmopolitan mites, with information on their life stages and biology, hosts, economic importance, detection and management.