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Parasite Groups

VMD

Veterinary Microbial Diseases

TIK

Tick Identification Key

 

Protozoa

Nematodes

Cestodes

Trematodes

Insects

  • Mosquitoes
    • Culex spp.
    • Anopheles spp.
  • Sandflies
    • Plebotomus
  • Blackflies
  • Midges
    • Culicoides
  • Horseflies
    • Chrysops
    • Haematopota
    • Tabanus
  • Keds
    • Hippobosca equinum (forest fly)
    • Lipoptena cervi (deer ked)
    • Melophagus ovinus (sheep ked)
  • Fleas
    • Dog
    • Hamster
    • Fowl
    • Hedgehog
    • other
  • Lice
    • human
    • pig
    • pheasant
    • roedeer
  • Bugs
    • Cimex
    • Triatome

Mites and Ticks

 

Artefacts and Pseudo parasites

 

 

  
PARASITE IMAGE COLLECTION

Mites: mite and eggs isolated from a Bumble bee

Bumble bee, mite eggs attached to ventral abdomen (zooming in)

 
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Bumble bee with mite infestation, eggs attached at ventral side of abdomen (see insert)
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Bumble bee with mite infestation, eggs attached at ventral side of abdomen (see insert)
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Bumble bee with mite infestation, eggs attached at ventral side of abdomen (see insert)
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Bumble bee with mite infestation, eggs visible on sternite (see insert)
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Bumble bee with mite infestation, with sternite removed and eggs visible (see insert)
bumblebeeBumble bee with mite infestation, with sternite removed and eggs visible (see arrow)

Bumble bee, mites removed and viewed on slide
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Mites isolated from bumble bee (10x)
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Mites isolated from bumble bee (40x)

 
 

 

 

 

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Frank L. Ruedisueli

Nottingham Trent University

(Note: all images are Copyright)