The ectoparasitic habit of the hexapod larva of Trombicula autumnalis is the cause of much discomfort to residents of infected localities in the British Isles, between late June and the beginning of October. The mite is a member of the Trombiculid group which includes species known to transmit disease in some parts of the world. The unfed larvae are found either upon the soil or climbing upon l...

A vermicompost, produced commercially from food wastes, was tested for its capacity to suppress populations and damage to plants, by two-spotted spider mites (Tetranychus urticae), mealy bugs (Pseudococcus sp.) and aphids (Myzus persicae), in the greenhouse. A range of mixtures of food waste vermicompost and a soil-less bedding plant growth medium Metro-Mix 360 (MM360) was tested in cages (40 c...

The fauna and community structure of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in the Pskov Region of Russia is not yet comprehensively studied. Until now not much attention has been paid to soil communities of bogs and open landscapes of this area. The aim of this study was to compare the community composition of oribatid mites in different habitats in the environs of the Polistovsky National Nature R...

Over the last few decades, population of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo L., 1758) in Europe has been rising. The formation large nesting and roosting colonies relatively small areas, their rapid metabolism excretion significant amounts guano can have a marked environmental impact. This study aimed to investigate how cormorants affect biodiversity density soil mites under breeding colonies...

BACKGROUND Living soil invertebrates provide a universal currency for quality that integrates physical and chemical variables with biogeography as the invertebrates reflect their habitat and most ecological changes occurring therein. The specific goal was the identification of "reference" states for soil sustainability and ecosystem functioning in grazed vs. ungrazed sites. METHODOLOGY/PRINCI...

The samples of two technogenic sediments (MOS, coal ash sediment; MOD, a mixture and natural soil) soils (MOM, meadow; MOF—forest; both Cambisol Dystric) in the vicinage basin were studied. We evaluated risk element concentrations select-ed chemical microbiological parameters to determine their influence on community structure Oribatida. High various toxic elements, alkaline pH, low hu-midity n...

is no unambiguous evidence that plumicolous feather mites chew holes in feathers; such damage is usually caused by feather lice. Also, it has been reported that feather mites of the great-spotted woodpecker (Dryobates major) and the hoopoe (Upupa epops) avoid white spots on the feathers and instead aggregate on melanized areas 5. Thus, as we stressed in our review 3 , extrapolating from lice to...

mites of the family ascidae constitute an important group of predator arthropods that live in soil make a living, on plants and an stored products, and some species of which are in close association with humans and animals. a faunestic survey was carried out to identify the mites of the family ascidae in guilan province, northern iran, during 2007-2009. samples were taken from such different ha...