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Listrophorid Fur Mite Attach..

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Here is an up close and personal look at the structure which this Listrophorid mite uses to grasp onto a single shaft of hair on a mammal host. This is the head end of the mite.
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Make
JEOL USA INC
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UNIX FILE V8.0
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Oh WOW! Those aren't the chelicera, are they?!
They're so weird looking... like teeth of a pair of tweezers.

You aren't an acarologist, are you? :o
Because if so, then I've found two here on deviant art within the span of a couple minutes! :XD:

I'm a general invert. geek my self.
I also live in New Hampshire & right now it's nearing the end of winter. The winter months for me are spent pacing in dreary resentment of the absence of fauna & trying to find what ones are still around.
Take a look:
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