. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 130 ARACHNOIDEA. CASE collected in the month of June some of the long-legged spiders named Phalangium, which had specimens of this mite adhering to them. They especially torment the females, and place them- selves upon them generally behind the posterior haunches, where the palpi of the female (which are much shorter than those of the male), cannot reach them. When they settle on the male he fre- quently gets rid of them by the help of his longer palpi. The mite at this stage is of a fine orange scarlet, and scarcely equals a
. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 130 ARACHNOIDEA. CASE collected in the month of June some of the long-legged spiders named Phalangium, which had specimens of this mite adhering to them. They especially torment the females, and place them- selves upon them generally behind the posterior haunches, where the palpi of the female (which are much shorter than those of the male), cannot reach them. When they settle on the male he fre- quently gets rid of them by the help of his longer palpi. The mite at this stage is of a fine orange scarlet, and scarcely equals a grain of mustard seed when at its greatest development, and has an oval, swollen, shining body, which may be compared to that of a full fed tick (Ixodes), but without any shield on the back behind the head. It has six legs, which seem placed more and more to the front the bigger the animal is. It preserves the use of them, however, as long as it lives as a parasite, and can change its place on its victim even with some agility. It has nothing resembling the anterior portion of the body of the full-grown Trombidium. If detached from its victim, when ready to un-. Trombidium holosericeum, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Murray, Andrew, 1812-1878. [London] Chapman and Hall
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