varroa mite (Varroa jacobsoni) in Pests not Known to Occur in North America

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Adult female mites are brown to dark brown, shaped like a crab. Adult males are yellowish with lightly tanned legs and spherical body shape. The male chelicerae are modified for transferring sperm. Body length: 1.06 mm., width: 1.50 mm.; collected on specimens of Apis cerana.

Pest and Diseases Image Library , Bugwood.org

Adult female mites are brown to dark brown, shaped like a crab. Adult males are yellowish with lightly tanned legs and spherical body shape. The male chelicerae are modified for transferring sperm. Body length: 1.06 mm., width: 1.50 mm.; collected on specimens of Apis cerana.

Adult female mites are brown to dark brown, shaped like a crab. Adult males are yellowish with lightly tanned legs and spherical body shape; collected on Apis cerana.

Pest and Diseases Image Library , Bugwood.org

Adult female mites are brown to dark brown, shaped like a crab. Adult males are yellowish with lightly tanned legs and spherical body shape; collected on Apis cerana.

mobility test

Florida Division of Plant Industry , Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

mobility test

mobility test

Florida Division of Plant Industry , Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

mobility test

mouthparts close-up; the male chelicerae are modified for transferring sperm.

Pest and Diseases Image Library , Bugwood.org

mouthparts close-up; the male chelicerae are modified for transferring sperm.

on a pupa

Pest and Diseases Image Library , Bugwood.org

on a pupa

varroa mite (<em>Varroa jacobsoni</em>) life cycle on honey bee (<em>Apis mellifera</em>)

Jeffrey Harris, USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding Lab, Bugwood.org

varroa mite (Varroa jacobsoni) life cycle on honey bee (Apis mellifera)

mite on adult bee

Pest and Diseases Image Library , Bugwood.org

mite on adult bee