Predatory mites protect own eggs against predators

Role of Predatory Mites in Persistent Nonoccupational Allergic Rhinitis

Mites can sensitize and induce atopic disease in predisposed individuals and are an important deteriorating factor in patients with allergic rhinitis, asthma, and atopic dermatitis. Although Pyroglyphidae mites have been extensively studied, very scarce reports are available on Cheyletidae spp. especially regarding human respiratory pathology. The main objective of the present study is to inves...

Presumed Paternal Genome Loss During Embryogenesis of Predatory Phytoseiid Mites

Protecting against Predatory Practices

A major reason for security professionals not seeming able to protect fully against the rapidly changing threat environment and sophisticated attacks is that they often don’t have available the necessary application security data for detecting and responding to such increasingly stealthy attacks. Furthermore, easily generated application security data are generally not reported timely or accura...

Compensatory growth following transient intraguild predation risk in predatory mites

Compensatory or catch-up growth following growth impairment caused by transient environmental stress, due to adverse abiotic factors or food, is widespread in animals. Such growth strategies commonly balance retarded development and reduced growth. They depend on the type of stressor but are unknown for predation risk, a prime selective force shaping life history. Anti-predator behaviours by im...

Ultimate Drivers and Proximate Correlates of Polyandry in Predatory Mites

Polyandry is more widespread than anticipated from Bateman's principle but its ultimate (evolutionary) causes and proximate (mechanistic) correlates are more difficult to pinpoint than those of polygyny. Here, we combined mating experiments, quantification of reproductive traits and microsatellite genotyping to determine the fitness implications of polyandry in two predatory mite species, where...