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The flour mite

Latin: Acarus siro (synonyms are Tyroglyphus farinae and Aleurobius farinae). Also called forage mite. A white, oval mite with red or yellow legs. It can be up to 0.65 mm long. The main characteristic of the flour mite is that the male has a large, thorn-shaped outgrowth on the first pair of legs. The flour […]

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