Today we celebrate World Soil Day, a reminder that beneath our feet lies an entire universe essential for life on Earth. 🌍✨

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Predatory mites in Cerrado pastures?A new study published in Acarologia (2025) reveals surprising levels of biodiversity in livestock systems of central Brazil. 🌾🕷️

Researchers recorded 21 species of Phytoseiidae, key predators used in natural pest control.

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📅 04 de diciembre de 2025
¡Los esperamos!
#acariologia #acari #tetranychusurticae

🦃🕷️ Happy Thanksgiving!

A special thank-you to all acarologists who advance research, education, and collaboration across the Americas.

🍁 The Latin American Society of Acarology wishes you a wonderful Thanksgiving!

#Acarology #Mites #Thanksgiving #Biodiversity #ScienceCommunity

🧪 Colombia now records 50 chigger species, including a newly described one. New host records + larval ID key strengthen biodiversity and Orientia surveillance in the Neotropics. 🕷️🇨🇴#Acarology #Chiggers #VectorBiology

Eight new Tarsonemidae species were found from 633 slides at the Cuban Plant Quarantine Lab.
Daidalotarsonemus annonae now has the first male described, improving its taxonomy.

Acarologia (2025) DOI: 10.24349/xu18-1k5i
#Acarology #Mites #Cuba #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #PestManagement #PlantHealth

🧬 New study on Brevipalpus flat mites reveals cryptic diversity and updated species relationships using morphology + mitochondrial and nuclear markers.

Key species: B. yothersi, B. californicus, B. papayensis, B. obovatus, B. mallorquensis, and B. oleae.
#acarology #mites #taxonomy #science

Meet bob the red velvet mite

It's week 3 of fatherhood, and today I was granted special dispensation from shopping, housework, nappies & feeding, to do some macrophotography!

The highlight was this Oribatid mite (N. spinulosa) sporting long defensive spines, which I've nicknamed the Hellraiser mite!

#SoilBiodiversity 🧪

🕷️ New record for Brazil! 🇧🇷
Tuckerella elegans is reported for the first time in Brazil, found in the Pampa biome (Sant’Ana do Livramento, RS).

📖 Castro et al. 2025 – Acarologia
🔗 doi.org/10.24349/wpc...

#Acarology #Mites #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #BrazilScience #SouthAmerica

🕷️ Beyond phoresy: Histiogaster arborsignis not only hitches rides with ambrosia beetles it also colonizes their galleries and feeds on symbiotic fungi in Florida avocados
📖 Symbiosis (2025)
🔗 10.1007/s13199-025-01063-0
#Acarology #AmbrosiaBeetles #Research #LatinAmericanScience

To discuss the biology, control, and management of the Lychee Erinose Mite (Aceria litchii), a key pest impacting lychee production in Florida and worldwide 🌎🍒.

ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#Acarology #UFIFAS #TREC #MiteResearch #TropicalFruits #IntegratedPestManagement #PlantHealth

📢 Call for Papers – Agronomy
Integrated mite management is key for 🌱 sustainable farming facing climate change, pesticide resistance & monoculture expansion.
We welcome studies on biology, ecology, resistance, taxonomy & innovative control strategies.

#Agronomy #Acarology #IPM #Research

📢 ¡Join & share your work with the acarology community!
The SLA invites members to send info on 🧩 events, 🔬 research lines & 📄 recent papers for diffusion on our official channels.
👉 Link in bio!
#Acarology #SLA #Mites #Science #Research #LatinAmerica