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following ways;
a. Absence of wings, antennac
b. compound eyes
c. presence of four legs in the adult stage
d. fusion of the read and thorax
The term mite is usually applied to members of the order ACARRINA other
than the ticks and do not have a leathery covering. Spiracles are present on the
idiosoma of some mites asn the hypostome is unarmed. The parasitic species
infest plant and animals and some cause direct injury to people or transmit
human disease. The parasitic mites are chiefly ectoparasites, but a few are
endoparasites.
Family Sarcoptidae (Scabies)
The eggs are deposit in the soil or on the skin of the host. The six-legged larvae
which feed on blood or plant juices metamophose into eigth-legged nymphs,and
finally into eight-legged adults
Family Trombiculidae
(Red Bugs and Chiggers)
the larvae of the trombiculid mites, known as harvest mites, red bugs or
chiggers, are annoying pest to picnickers, hunters, berry pickers, and campers
Morphology
The orange red or brilliantly spotted adults mites are usually scavengers. The
body is partly covered with minute hairs and has four pairs of legs