Comments on: Carrion Beetle Mites http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/ A daily photographic look at the world of insects, spiders, creepies, crawlies and critters. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: David Scott http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-299 David Scott Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:36:25 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-299 Well, if yoiu liked the story, here a picture. Digging around in my archives I actually managed to find a picture of that slug that shows a louse. Here it is. http://www.themaninchina.com/sluglouse.htm Well, if yoiu liked the story, here a picture. Digging around in my archives I actually managed to find a picture of that slug that shows a louse. Here it is. http://www.themaninchina.com/sluglouse.htm

]]> By: David Brady http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-298 David Brady Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:08:58 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-298 Joseph: WOW! Is that your picture? That would make a great insectpod post, is all I'm saying.... :-) Joseph: WOW! Is that your picture? That would make a great insectpod post, is all I’m saying…. :-)

]]> By: Joseph http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-297 Joseph Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:47:12 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-297 Ooh! I've seen similar mites before on a <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/andersjc/TwinLakesJuly2007/photo#5085056451946683506" rel="nofollow">giant water bug.</a> Ooh! I’ve seen similar mites before on a giant water bug.

]]> By: David Brady http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-293 David Brady Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:19:35 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-293 Hehe, yeah... I would have run it that week, except that I didn't take this picture until November 3rd. :-) Hehe, yeah… I would have run it that week, except that I didn’t take this picture until November 3rd. :-)

]]> By: Athena http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-292 Athena Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:03:42 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-292 Crazy! I think that picture belonged in with the Halloween stuff tho... heh. I guess not so much now that I know they weren't *eating* the beetle. heh But boy, it *looks* disgusting/disturbing. LOL Crazy! I think that picture belonged in with the Halloween stuff tho… heh. I guess not so much now that I know they weren’t *eating* the beetle. heh But boy, it *looks* disgusting/disturbing. LOL

]]> By: David Brady http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-291 David Brady Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:00:53 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-291 David Scott: Cool story! Thanks! AJ: THAT'S a sentence I didn't think I'd ever hear. ...let alone agree with. :-) David Scott: Cool story! Thanks!

AJ: THAT’S a sentence I didn’t think I’d ever hear. …let alone agree with. :-)

]]> By: Kit http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-289 Kit Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:44:49 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-289 Wow, nature is amazingly cool sometimes! Wow, nature is amazingly cool sometimes!

]]> By: David Scott http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-288 David Scott Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:01:32 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-288 Love this stuff. I once captured a large slug to be the mascot for the Volksmovie Movement, which I was trying to promote at the time. I video taped the critter, and only then did I discover that it had parasites. Tiny white mites that could move like a halucination, seemingly swimming in the slug slime. I never checked them out any further, and don't know whether they were simply parasitic or phoresy or symbiotic. But I was sure intrigued to see them. I don't know if this is accurately quoting Jonathan Swift but... Big fleas have little fleas Upon their backs to bite'em. And little fleas have littler still, And so,ad infinitum. It's a wonderful, magical world. Thanks for the reminder. Love this stuff. I once captured a large slug to be the mascot for the Volksmovie Movement, which I was trying to promote at the time. I video taped the critter, and only then did I discover that it had parasites. Tiny white mites that could move like a halucination, seemingly swimming in the slug slime. I never checked them out any further, and don’t know whether they were simply parasitic or phoresy or symbiotic. But I was sure intrigued to see them.
I don’t know if this is accurately quoting Jonathan Swift but…
Big fleas have little fleas Upon their backs to bite’em. And little fleas have littler still, And so,ad infinitum.
It’s a wonderful, magical world. Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: AJ http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-286 AJ Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:38:28 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-286 Carrion beetles are now my new favorite insect! Carrion beetles are now my new favorite insect!

]]> By: tceisele http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-285 tceisele Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:35:51 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/07/carrion-beetle-mites/#comment-285 How cool is that? That is very cool. Unfortunately, the sexton beetles <a href="http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/09/22/aaah-zombie-mouse/" rel="nofollow"> I found working a dead mouse on the basement stairs</a> a while back didn't have any mites with them that I could see. Although, some years ago I did see two sexton beetles in the yard that played footsie for a while, and there were mites jumping off of one and transferring to the other. Incidentally, Bug Guide has your pictures indexed under Nicrophorus tomentosus, not Nicrophorus tomentus, just in case people were having trouble looking it up. How cool is that? That is very cool. Unfortunately, the sexton beetles I found working a dead mouse on the basement stairs a while back didn’t have any mites with them that I could see. Although, some years ago I did see two sexton beetles in the yard that played footsie for a while, and there were mites jumping off of one and transferring to the other.

Incidentally, Bug Guide has your pictures indexed under Nicrophorus tomentosus, not Nicrophorus tomentus, just in case people were having trouble looking it up.

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