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| Red aquatic mites on the thorax of a dragonfly. |
As summer winds down, we're seeing more and more adult dragonflies (order Odonata). And a good number of them are carrying various numbers of freeloading hitchhikers - aquatic mites. The parasitic mites will drop off when the dragonfly lays its eggs in water.
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| Round, red mites on the thorax (many) and abdomen (two) of a different dragonfly. |
