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File:Yellow mite (Tydeidae), Lorryia formosa 2.jpg

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English: Historically, mites have been difficult to study because of their minute size. But now, ARS scientists are freezing mites in their tracks and using scanning electron microscopy to observe them in detail. Here a yellow mite, Lorryia formosa, commonly found on citrus plants, is shown among some fungi. False color. Magnified about 850x.
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This image was released by the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, with the ID K9077-22 (next).

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Original source for high-res file: ftp://198.77.171.17/pub/Schauff/
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Photo by Eric Erbe; digital colorization by Chris Pooley.

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From Christopher Pooley to brian0918, March 22, 2005 3:19 PM: "Thank you for your interest in our images. All of the micrographs on the web site are in the public domain and can be freely used. Proper accreditation would be "Erbe, Pooley: USDA, ARS, EMU". High Resolution copies of the web images are available on our FTP site ftp://198.77.171.17/pub/"

Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.

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current15:20, 16 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 15:20, 16 July 20063,500 × 3,900 (3.28 MB)Brian0918much larger
23:26, 4 May 2005Thumbnail for version as of 23:26, 4 May 20051,800 × 2,400 (4.08 MB)Brian0918
23:23, 4 May 2005Thumbnail for version as of 23:23, 4 May 20052,400 × 1,634 (3.86 MB)Brian0918Historically, mites have been difficult to study because of their minute size. But now, ARS scientists are freezing mites in their tracks and using scanning electron microscopy to observe them in detail. Here a yellow mite, Lorryia formosa, commonly found

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