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Chaetodactylus krombeini

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Arachnids
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Chaetodactylus krombeini, (Krombein's hairy-footed pollen mite), was described by Karl Krombein and E. W. Baker in the 1960s. The mites are about 0.5 mm across, with the females larger than the males. Pollen mites are a kleptoparasitic pest of Megachilid solitary bees, with Ch. krombeini found with Osmia lignaria of North America, (the Blue Orchard Mason Bee). Pollen mites do not feed on bees, but rather their provisions, and are harmful because they consume the food resources...

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