Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Tortoise (soil) mite (Uropodina sp.). Group Parasitiformes, Suborder Mesostigmata, Family Uropodidae. A

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Tortoise (soil) mite (Uropodina sp.). Group Parasitiformes, Suborder Mesostigmata, Family Uropodidae. Also known as a turtle mite and is found in leaf litter and decaying wood. Magnification: x10 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.

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Size: 2646px × 3302px
Photo credit: © DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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