Scabies
Scabies is spread by direct, prolonged physical contact including sexual activity. It is thought that about 20 minutes of touching is required. Scabies mites can survive away from humans for about 24-36 hours, so it is possible to get scabies ... [... more]
Better Health |
House Dust Mites
House dust mite droppings are one of the most common triggers of allergic reactions including asthma. House dust mites live in every home but there are things you can do to help reduce their numbers if someone in your family has asthma, hayfever ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Asthma-Friendly Home
Most people with asthma find their symptoms get worse when they are exposed to certain triggers, or allergens. Some of these allergens can be found in and around the average home, such as dust mites, pollen and animal dander (skin, scale or fur ... [... more]
Better Health |
Hay Fever
It may be useful to try to reduce house dust mites, which could be causing you to have a runny, itchy nose. So get out the vacuum and the dusters and polish, especially in your bedroom, or get someone else to do it (but you will need to get it ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Scabies
Spread from bedding etc, is not the usual means of spread as mites can only live for a short time off the human body, and eggs can last no more than 5 days. Treatment of bedding, furniture and carpets is not as important as treatment of all ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Olive Bud Mite, Oxycenus Maxwelli(Keifer)
Damage: Overseas, at least nine species of eriophyoid mites belonging to seven genera are known to occur on olives. The most harmful species, in addition to O. maxwelli, are Aceria oleae (Nalepa), Tegolophus hassani (Keifer) and Ditrymacus ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
D.K. Knihinicki
Danuta K. Knihinicki has been with NSW Agriculture since 1989 working on the taxonomy of plant-feeding mites and their predators. She worked with Dr Eberhard Schicha, a world authority on the predatory mite family Phytoseiidae, until he retired ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Australian National Insect Collection
The ANIC is the world's largest collection of Australian insects and related groups such as mites, spiders, worms and centipedes. ... [... more]
anic.ento.csiro.au |
Beekeepers, Scientists Eye Bees Bred To Tolerate Mite
Varroa mites attach themselves to adult bees, often causing blood loss and spreading viral infections, and invade brood cells where the soft larvae and pupae develop, leading to undersized adults and malformations like misshapen wings. If left ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Mite-Hit Beekeepers Keep Their Chins Up
The mesh floors served two purposes: allowing mites, not attached to bees, to fall out of the hive and die; and, used in combination with a sticky board, for monitoring infestation rates. "Rather than just treating holus-bolus, beekeepers here ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Integrated Fruit Production In Canterbury (Pest Control)
The major pests - leafrollers and codling moth - can be successfully controlled with three or four Mimic sprays. Predatory mites will successfully control plant-feeding mites. Other pests - woolly apple aphid, apple ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Varroa Mites Knocking On Cook Strait Door
But Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) varroa programme co-ordinator Paul Bolger said tonight MAF and beekeepers were reviewing the movement control line and the management of the mite in the lower half of the North Island. > WELLINGTON ... [... more]
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