Nallely Ruiz🦇🦠🪱🧬
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Nallely Ruiz🦇🦠🪱🧬
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PhD student at the |LEEYUSFMVZ |PCBIOLOGICAS |UNAM_MX #Host #Parasites #Microbiome 🦇🦠🧬🔬
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September 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Macrodinychus multispinosus is a mite that parasitises the longhorn crazy ant, but it does so in a very specific way.

The mite latches onto developing ant pupae and suck out their lifeblood before they have a chance to develop into adults.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2016/11/macr...
<i>Macrodinychus multispinosus</i>
There are variety of mites which live with ants , but many of them are not well-studied. Most of them are either phoretic mites which hitch ...
dailyparasite.blogspot.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM