Bat mite. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Trombicula sp. mite. This parasitic arachnid feeds on the blood of bats. Magnification: x16

---

Bat mite. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Trombicula sp. mite. This parasitic arachnid feeds on the blood of bats. Magnification: x167 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

---

Size: 4522px × 3888px
Photo credit: © EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1, animal, animals, arachnid, arachnids, arachnological, arachnology, arthropod, arthropods, background, bat, biological, biology, black, blind, blood, colored, coloured, cut, cut-, cut-outs, cutout, cutouts, electron, entomological, entomology, false-colored, false-coloured, fauna, feeder, host, invertebrate, invertebrates, micrograph, microscope, mite, nature, nocturnal, outs, parasite, parasitic, scanning, sem, single, sp., specialised, sucker, trombicula, trombiculidae, wildlife, zoological, zoology