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Image: Parasite mite living on bats (Spinturnix bechsteini) (5021760226)

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Description: Spinturnix bechsteini (Spinturnicidae), a parasitic mite living on bats wings (for this mite species, specifically on Myotis bechsteini). Thanks a lot to Daan Dekeukeleire for the ID. This individual was captured on a Myotis bechsteini in Switzerland (Le Chenit, Baume de la Petite Chaux, Coll. P.Nyssen). The background is the wing membrane of a dead and dried Pipistrelle bat on which the mite has been artificially placed. Scale : Body maximum width = 0.7 mm Technical settings : - focus stack of 27 images - microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) on bellow
Title: Parasite mite living on bats (Spinturnix bechsteini) (5021760226)
Credit: Parasite mite living on bats (Spinturnix bechsteini) Uploaded by Jacopo Werther
Author: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium
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