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Female Varroa destructor on the head of a bee nymph (5048103407)

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Description: An adult female of Varroa destructor, a mite parasiting the domestic bee (honeybee - Apis mellifera). Frontal view, on the head of a bee nymph. Scale : mite width ~ 2 mm Technical settings : - focus stack of 32 images - microscope objective (Nikon achromatic 10x 160/0.25) on 100 mm extension tubes + adapter. Date: 3 October 2010, 22:54. Source: Female Varroa destructor on the head of a bee nymph Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium.

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