螨

螨（英语：mite，音mǎn）是一种八足生物，是蜘蛛的近亲。螨的体形极小，必须借助显微镜观察。

螨又可分为尘螨（dust mite）与农业螨，其中农业螨又有叶螨（spider mite）、瘿螨（gall mite）、拟叶螨（false spider mite）、锈螨（rust mite）及粉螨（acarid mite）等。尘螨靠人类的皮屑为食物即可生存，例如：毛囊螨。另外，亦有一种干酪螨，以干酪为食。

外部链接

Bitingmites.org: What's biting you?
PARASITIC MITES OF HUMANS University of Kentucky
Red velvet mite – Trombidium sp. diagnostic photographs
Worldwide honey bee decline due to mite infestations – article, photographs
Control of the citrus rust mite hosted by the UNT Government Documents Department
Mites and Ticks chapter in United States Environmental Protection Agency and University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences National Public Health Pesticide Applicator Training Manual
mites of southeastern U.S. woody ornamentals on the UF/IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
Brevipalpus californicus, a false spider mite
Brevipalpus phoenicis, red and black flat mite
Raoiella indica, red palm mite
Tenuipalpus pacificus, phalaenopsis mite

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