Description: Female of the green form of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae with feces. Scale : mite body length ~0.5 mm Technical settings : - focus stack of 23 images - microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) on bellow. Date: 12 August 2010, 04:01. Source: Tetranychus urticae Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium.
Female of the red form of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae.Scale : mite body length ~0.5 mmTechnical settings : - focus stack of 38 images- microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) on bellow
Two females with an egg of the green form of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae.Scale : mite body length ~0.5 mmTechnical settings : - focus stack of 11 images- microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) on bellow (70 mm extention)
Female of the red form of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae with two silk threads. The substratum is a bean leaf. With thanks to Guillaume who provided the mites and striking informations about their biology and morphology.Scale : mite body length ~0.5 mmTechnical settings : - focus stack of 39 images- microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) on bellow (230 mm extension)