…h mite. Can possibly infect dogs, but probably not humans. This species of mites is rare. Cat ear mite, Otodectes cynotis. P.125. Same species and symptoms as the dog ear mite. Can transmit between dogs and cats. Ectoparasites in Rabbits Fig. 103. Rabbit fleas. (Seguy) Rabbit louse, Haemodipsus ventricosus. It sucks the blood of its host animal. Is up to 2 1/2 mm long, and causes itching. This mite does not infect humans. Rabbits do not have bitin…
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Furniture mite
…al. The furniture mite is often compared with other mites such as the meal mite or the stock mite. However, there are different mites with different characteristics. Appearance The furniture mite is not easy to spot with the naked eye. Often the mites must appear in large numbers before you notice them. The largest furniture mite are only 0.7 millimeters long and have a whitish color. The furniture mite shares many similarities with the mites that…
The prune mite
…on the body. Each leg ends in a small claw, which sits on a patch of skin. Prune mites occur on substrates containing sugar by bacterial degradation of lactic acid, acetic acid, or succinic acid. It is typically found in cracks and folds in dried fruit, especially prunes and figs. It can also be found in honey bee hives. Its development takes place over a number of phases, as with the other mites. First, eggs that are attached to the substrate wit…
Index
…ouse Mite, flour Mite, forage Mite, furniture Mite, house dust Mite, mould Mite, prune Mite, storage Mite, sugar Molitor, Tenebrio Monomorium pharaonis Moth, brown house Moth, chocolate Moth, cocoa Moth, Indian meal Moth, Mediterranean Moth, tobacco Moth, tropical warehouse Moth, warehouse Mouse, house Mouse, yellow-necked Mycetaea Mus musculus Musca domestica Niger, Lasius Niptus hololeucus Navale, Tribolium Necrobia ruficollis Necrobia rufipes N…
Index
…xcrement Fleas Flies Flower mite Folie a deux Formic acid Fruit mite Fruit mites Fur mites Ginny pig itch mite Gliricola porcelli Gyropus ovalis Haematopota pluvialis Haemodipsus ventricosus Haemopsis sanguisuga Hallucination Harvest mite Head louse Hedgehog flea Hepatities Hexicid Hippoboscidae Hirudinea Hirudo medicinalis Honey bee Hornets Horse fly Horse leech Hoyers medium Itch mites Ivomec veto Ixodes ricinus Ixokan Killer bees Kissing bug Kl…
The itch mite
…s or nursing staff at a hospital or other institution are affected by itch mites, an explosive spread of the mites can occur between the different groups. This type of aggressive attack is called “crusty scabies” or “institutional scabies”. The general scabies itching is felt in these places, which probably do not correspond to the places where the mites are most. (after Mellanby) The infection is best transmitted if you are in prolonged contact w…
The flour mite
…g the roles of mites in diseases connected with food or feed infested with mites. The mites live with high amounts of bacteria and fungi, and the importance of these should not be underestimated. The mites are only in the picture because they are what can be seen with the naked eye. In cases of pig deaths, where the mites have been suspected to be the cause, there have never been major amounts of mites present, but more often there have been moth…
Dust mites
…suck blood. But also, because those places often are dark, which the dust mite prefers. The dust mite can live without food for a long time – up to several months. If you find a dust mite in your bedroom or other rooms, it is often because it has moved away from its usual route and movement. You can however find dust mites in the bedroom if there are already bed bugs, as the dust mites can feed on them, but that is very unusually. The dust mite i…
Prune mite
…d sometimes in jam. People who work with mite-infested goods may suffer from an eczema-like condition because they become sensitive to the mites and to their moulted skins and faeces. Prune mites are particularly likely to produce this type of condition, often known as grocer’s itch, but flour mites may also be responsible….
Walking dandruff
…pets if you suspect that there are fur mites in the home. Detection of fur mites Fur mites are most easily detected by taking a hair sample from the lower back of your pet. If you have several animals, you should examine all of them, as fur mites, can jump from animal to animal. On the lower back you will be able to find a large concentration of both fur mites and fur mite eggs. You can either look closely with the naked eye, or you can use a micr…
Clover mite
…ecause clover mites often appear together in larger quantities. The clover mite’s eggs, like the mite itself, are red. As an adult, clover mites have four pairs of legs. Biology and behavior The clover mites spend their lives sucking nutrients out of green plants, changing skin, overwintering, and making migrations to lay eggs in suitable hiding places. It is different for the different species how they approach the task. While species that live o…
Red mite
…s. Domestic as well as wild birds. In Denmark, one of the most common bird mites is the so-called red mite, which also goes by the Latin name Dermanyssus gallinae. This type of bird mite is found especially among chickens, but a large number of wild birds as well as pigeons can also be attacked by the mites. However, it is not only birds that may be at the receiving end of a bite from a bird mite. They can sometimes also attack humans, which can c…
Prune mite
…Prune mite (Latin: Carpoglyphus lactis) Many of the mites occurring in foods can cause eczema in the people likely to come in contact with them. This mite, which thrives particularly in dried fruit, can cause the condition known as ‘grocer’s itch’ in people who work with mite-ridden goods in stores and warehouses….
(1) The house dust mite and the sugar mite
…during natural degradation. The common house dust mite lives, among other places, in bird nests. It can form blooms in a damp, mouldy room, and it is usually the one you see in newly built houses that are heated, but have not yet dried properly. The sugar mite is on the other hand tolerant to cold environments and is therefore free-living. It is also the sugar mite that dominates in unheated storages containing hay, straw, grain, etc. If the room…
The cheese mite
…cracks. This species is 15 -18 days to fully develop and is similar to the prune mite both in terms of life cycle, reproductive rate and demerits. Cheese mite Cheeses in Northern Europe rarely reach old age, due to quality control, and today cheese is also protected by a tight coating. This makes the mite rarer than it used to be. In case of errors in the coating or faulty packaging, with subsequent storage in a damp room for a long time, the cond…
Bird mites
…n Denmark is the Dermanyssus gallinae, red mite, poultry mite, red poultry mite, roost mite and chicken mite. It can be a nuisance for hens, chickens and all sorts of caged birds. In the wild it is also found in pigeons, sparrows and many other different birds with dry, high-lying nests. NB. The bird mites belong to a large group of mites (Gamaside) which are very similar in appearance. Almost all are free-living and peaceful. From time to time, t…
The sugar mite
…that infest hay, straw and grain. In cereals this is usually the first species to appear after harvest. In intervention cereals the sugar mite is often seen for the first time around October 10th and is a kind of precursor to the actual sugar mite infestations that start a few months later. The sugar mite takes up a lot of the landscape. For the same reason it cannot dig like the flour mite, which means that it is not present in flour, but is ref…
Storage mites
…s hay, straw, corn, rapeseed, flour and dry food for pets may contain many mites. The mites are only present when the goods are damp. The storage mites only occur only in products where microorganisms – in the form of bacteria and fungi – are already present in huge numbers. Fig. 92. The flour mite, Acarus siro. (Hughes) Itchy skin When handling mite-infected goods, you can get an itchy rash on the skin, especially on the hands and forearms. The r…
The common house mite
…The common house mite ( Latin: Glycyphagus domesticus) Lat: Glycyphagus domesticus. Also called the furniture mite. The common house mite is very similar to the sugar mite. It can be seen indoors in humid spaces where it can form large populations in the autumn. It rarely contaminates food or animal feed. Both the sugar mite and the common house mite are exterminated easily by dehydration….
The harvest mite
…e larval stage cannot complete its development in humans, because we usually manage to scratch off the larva before it has time to eat. Larval bites are not felt. When bitten, a rash, Trombiculosis, occurs as the skin reacts to the mite saliva. The mites cannot be eradicated, but local nuisance can be partially remedied by spraying with an insecticide or any products intended for control of mites on plants. For personal protection mosquito repelle…
Trombiculosis
…gnification. The animals can be easily be caught on a piece of adhesive tape. The harvest mite larva is red. There are other red or reddish mites that are found around houses, trees, rocks, and walls. For example, the red wall mite, Balaustium murorum and the clover mite, Bryobia praetiosa. However, they are both commonly found in the spring and it is the nymphal stages, you see. Unlike the harvest mite larva, which has six legs, they have eight l…
Red poultry mite
Red Poultry Mite (Latin:Dermanyssus gallinae) When filled with blood this mite has a beautiful red colour. Gradually as the blood is digested the mite becomes a little smaller and the colour changes to grey or blackish, and if it has fasted for a long period it is almost white. The poultry mite lives in henhouses, in dovecotes and similar places, where it remains hidden in crevices during the day. At night it emerges to suck blood. The female lay…
Flour mite
…t thrive if the relative humidity is less than 65 per cent. Enlarged flour mite Flour mites are able to survive periods with unfavourable conditions. After the second nymphal stage they may pass into what is known as a hypopus stage, in which they are almost immobile and very resistant to desiccation. In the hypopus stage they can also be transported, e.g. by flies. If there is any doubt as to whether flour is infested with mites it is only necess…
House dust mites
…s not due to house dust mites. There is only one real danger of house dust mites, and that is house dust mite allergy, which some people unfortunately develop over the course of their lives. Damage When it comes to allergies and animals, there can be different reasons why a person experiences an allergic reaction. As house dust mites are an animal species, it is also possible to develop allergies, but the actual reaction is fortunately easy to fin…
The canine nasal mite
…. A similar frequency can be expected from Danish dogs. The largest of the mites measures 1.5 mm x 0.9 mm, which is quite big for a mite. They do not they eggs but give birth to live nymphs. What they feed on is not known. The nasal mites live in the nasal passages and paranasal sinuses of the dogs. When the dogs are sleeping (or are anesthetized), they can sometimes wander out of the nostrils, so you see them. Usually, the infected dogs do not ha…
Three kinds of fur mites
…ur mites. The rabbit fur mite, Cheyletiella parasitovorax is found in 50-100% of domestic and wild rabbits in other countries. Rabbits are rarely bothered by their fur mites. Rabbit Fur mites can bite humans, but it almost never happens because they rarely have the opportunity….
The house dust mite
…them in animal feed, etc., but house dust mites cannot compete with flour mites, sugar mites and mould mites in food and feed under cold, Northern European conditions. In warmer climates dust mites can be found in mouldy flour, along with other fungi-eating mites. Beware that the inhalation of dust mites dust may well be hazardous to the health. This applies especially if you are one of the many people, who are already sensitive to this kind of m…
Cheese mite
…ese mite ( Latin: Tyrophagus casei) Cheese mites can also live in corn, flour, etc., but they are best known for their occurrence in cheese, in which they gnaw small holes. A ripe, mite-infested cheese will be more or less covered with a grey powder, which consists of the mites themselves and their moulted skins and faeces. Cheese mites can live at low temperatures but not in the refrigerator. For many cheeses the presence of mites is highly undes…
Common house mite
Common house mite Latin: Glycyphagus domesticus House mite under microscope. These small mites are very similar to those that occur in foodstuffs (p. 56), but under a lens they can be recognised by the long hairs at the rear end. They may occasionally occur in foodstuffs, but they are primarily found in upholstered furniture, which has been kept damp for some time so that the stuffing has rotted. House mites then feed on the fungus, and multiply…
Itch mite
Itch mite (Latin: Sarcoptes scabiei) This mite lives actually in the skin, burrowing tunnels in the upper layer, rather like a mole. It is only 1/3 mm long and is rarely seen, but its presence is revealed by the inflamed and eczema-like condition it causes (see p. 52). The eggs are laid in the burrows made by the female and it takes a good two weeks for the young to reach the adult stage. Infection is usually by females with eggs being transferre…