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Stephen Luk | all galleries >> Arthropods of Ontario >> Class Arachnida - Arachnids >> Subclass Acari - Mites and Ticks >> Family Unionicolidae > Unionicola sp.
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02-JUL-2011

Unionicola sp.

Size: 1.1 mm (body)
Det. H.C. Proctor 2011: "A beautiful and graceful Unionicola sp. (Hygrobatoidea: Unionicolidae). Most prey on microcrustaceans, particularly cladocerans, in their post-larval stages and parasitize dipterans and trichopterans as larvae. However, many species of Unionicola are parasites of bivalves in their post-larval stages."
Image at BugGuide.net
iNaturalist observation

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
1/200s f/10.0 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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