Flora and Fauna
- 501
- Mites Medically Important to Humans
- University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension factsheet and audio focused on house dust mites and the scabies mite, Sarcoptes scabiei.
- 502
- Neoseiulus californicus
- Provides illustrations and a description of these predatory mites, with information on their distribution, life cycle and economic importance.
- 503
- Oligonychus ilicis: Southern Red Mite
- Provides illustrations and a description of this mite, with information on its distribution, biology, hosts, economic importance and management.
- 504
- Ornithonyssus bursa: Tropical Fowl Mite
- Provides illustrations and a description of this nuisance mite, with information on its distribution, life cycle, hosts, economic importance, detection and management.
- 505
- Phytonemus pallidus: Cyclamen Mite
- Provides illustrations and a description of this mite, with information on its distribution, life cycle, hosts, economic importance, detection and management.
- 506
- Polyphagotarsonemus latus: Broad Mite
- Provides illustrations and a description of this mite, with information on its distribution, biology, hosts, economic importance, detection and management.
- 507
- Raoiella indica: Red Palm Mite
- Provides photographs and a description of this mite, with information on its distribution, life cycle, hosts, economic importance, detection, damage done and management.
- 508
- Tenuipalpus pacificus: Phalaenopsis Mite
- Provides illustrations and a description of this flat red mite, with information on its distribution, biology, hosts, economic importance and management.
- 509
- Tetranychus urticae: Twospotted Spider Mite
- Provides illustrations and a description of this mite, with information on its distribution, life cycle, hosts, economic importance and management.
- 510
- The Mighty Mite: An Unseen Predator
- Characteristics and biology of the bird mites Demanyssus Gallinae and Ornithonyssus Sylviarum.
- 511
- Varroa destructor: Varroa Mite
- Provides photographs and a description of this ectoparasite of the honey bee, with information on its distribution, life cycle, hosts, economic importance, detection and management.
- 513
- Apheloria corrugata
- Photographic study by Sarah Moyer of the millipede, with information on its biology and the protective hydrogen cyanide it produces.
- 514
- Cooks’ Cave Millipede: Pseudotremia cookorum
- Photograph and information from ARKive including description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
- 515
- Double-legged Cylinders
- Article by William Amos on millipedes, their many legs and their reproductive lives.
- 517
- The Diplopoda (Millipedes)
- An introduction to biology, classification, and ecology of this class of arthropods, with numerous links to other millipede sites.
- 518
- Cladocera
- Offers an illustrated body plan of a daphnia or water flea, with a numbered key, and details of the major features of its anatomy.