Ammonite / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) in nest, with mites on its body, France, May.
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Kim Taylor / Sexton beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides) taking off showing elytra folded upwards along back and phoretic mites gathered on thorax to where they migrate whenever the beetle prepares for flight, digit...
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Kim Taylor / Tropical beetle {Lamellicornia} with load of phoretic mites, Trinidad, West Indies.
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Kim Taylor / Dor beetle {Geotrupes vernalis} with phoretic mites, UK.
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Phil Savoie / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), queen with mites, sleeping in Crocus flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March
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JIM CLARE / Ecuadorian Hillstar hummingbird, (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) feeding on chuquiragua or Flower of the Andes, (Chuquiragua sp) with flower mites on the beak. The mites feed on nectar and flower tissues a...
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Lorraine Bennery / Flying fox (Pteropus rufus), roosting, Kirindy Mites National Park, Madagascar, Vulnerable, endemic.
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Ashley Cooper / Bees (Apis mellifera) around a queen cell in a beehive which has been infected with Varoa mites (Varroa destructor) Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK, June.
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Ashley Cooper / Bee (Apis mellifera) with deformed wings as a result of attack by Varoa mites (Varroa destructor) in beehive, Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Man releasing a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) after removing Hedgehog ticks (Ixodes hexagonus) from it, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, August 2017. Property and model released.
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Nick Upton / Man inspecting a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) caught in his garden for Hedgehog ticks (Ixodes hexagonus) Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, August 2017. Property and model released.
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Nick Upton / Man inspecting a Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) caught in his garden for Hedgehog ticks (Ixodes hexagonus) Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, August 2017. Property and model released.
