Word Finder - mites

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Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).

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A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.

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A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.

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A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

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(sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle

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(often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one you take pity on; rascal

A great variety of deformations and growths produced by insects and mites as well as by fungi have been described.

While the majority of the Thysanoptera are thus vegetarian in their diet, and are frequently injurious in farm and garden, some species, at least occasionally, adopt a predaceous habit, killing aphids and small mites (so-called "red-spiders") and sucking their juices.

On patting their carrier or some passing ant, the mites are supplied with food, no service being rendered by them in return for the ants' care.

Zukal has considered that the lichen acids protect the lichen from the attacks of animals; the experiments of Zopf, however, have cast doubt on this; certainly lichens containing very bitter acids are eaten by mites though some of the acids appear to be poisonous to frogs.

Among the simplest examples of the former are the hairs which follow the irritation of the cells by mites.

The Opiliones seem to lead on from the Spiders to the Mites.

Phytoptocecidia are the galls formed by Phytoptid mites.

Exposure to the mites in the first, crucial year of life can trigger a lifelong allergy.

Biology, identification and control of the major greenhouse pests including aphids, whitefly and mites.

All are transmitted by arthropods such as lice, mites and ticks.

Large numbers of small white Cheyletiella mites moving about on the surface of the skin is often called " walking dandruff " !

He describes how when the cow has moved on, an army of creatures including earthworms, snails, mites and nematodes take over.

The female mites are 0.3 mm long and feed within the human epidermis.

Carpets hide dust mites which contribute to asthma, plus the glue and underlay can release formaldehyde into the air.

The Maze looking through a small hole everything looks gigantic - even the mites.

It is not unusual to see them carrying quite a colony of parasitic mites.

These tiny mites raise welts, which itch like, well, like crazy.

House dust mites find a mattress the perfect breeding ground.

Put them into a bag in the freezer for a minimum of six hours every one to two weeks to kill house-dust mites.

These mange mites are passed to puppies skin from their mothers.

You need to use a lotion or cream which kills the scabies mites.

Cheyletiella mites (frequently harbored by dogs and cats) Intensely itchy papules appear where the mites have fed on skin.

There are several reasons why rats get scabs, the most obvious being mites which can be picked up from bedding or food.

In Norwegian scabies large numbers of mites exist in exfoliating scales.

These may be mites of various kinds or false scorpions.

In a few hours the mites will be killed and the wax softened.

Just spider mite Killer is the easy, safe & organic way to effectively control red spider mites in greenhouses.

Warmer weather will bring over wintering greenhouse spider mites out of hibernation.

The mites can be transmitted to humans and cause an itchy rash, so they are a potential zoonosis.

While the majority of the Thysanoptera are thus vegetarian in their diet, and are frequently injurious in farm and garden, some species, at least occasionally, adopt a predaceous habit, killing aphids and small mites (so-called " red-spiders ") and sucking their juices.

It is probably owing to the possession of such glands and the varied purposes for which the silk is used that spiders as a group far surpass the other orders of Arachnida, with the possible exception of the Acari (mites and ticks), in diversity of form and of size, in numbers of genera and species, in extent of geographical distribution, and in adaptation to varied habitats.

Applying these principles to the consideration of the Arachnida, we arrive at the conclusion that the smaller and simpler Arachnids are not the more primitive, but that the Acari or mites are, in fact, a degenerate group. This was maintained by Lankester in 1878 (19), again in 1881 (20); it was subsequently announced as a novelty by Claus in 1885 (21).

Though the aquatic members of a class of animals are in some instances derived from terrestrial forms, the usual transition is from an aquatic ancestry to more recent land-living forms. There is no doubt, from a consideration of the facts of structure, that the aquatic water-breathing Arachnids, represented in the past by the Eurypterines and to-day by the sole survivor Limulus, have preceded the terrestrial air-breathing forms of that group. Hence we see at once that the better-known Arachnida form a series, leading from Limulus-like aquatic creatures through scorpions, spiders and harvest-men, to the degenerate Acari or mites.

Those include mites, termites (or white ants), thread blight, grey blight, caterpillars (naked or in bags) and caterpillars armed with stinging hairs to protect them, and borers, red and black, some of which eat the core out of the wood, while others content themselves with eating only the bark.

Red spider mites are sap sucking insects that can reduce the vigor of plants.

However, there is currently no method for rearing sheep scab mites away from sheep.

Just Spider Mite Killer is the easy, safe & organic way to effectively control red spider mites in greenhouses.

It only eats red spider mites and eats hundreds of them.

Unfortunately, one of the most common triggers of asthma, is allergy to house dust mites.

Some vacuums can protect users better than others from dust, dust mites, and other irritations.

Bedlam Bedbug Insecticide Spray is used to get rid of Bedbugs, Dust Mites, Lice, Ticks and Fleas.

Feline Leukemia, mites and fleas are the most common problems that come with free kittens.

This could be pollen, grass, dust mites, etc. If you happen to bathe your cat, the absence of dander could also provide him with temporary relief.

I'd say that more likely than her chasing ghosts, she is probably trying to play with the family, her brother and things you might not notice such as dust mites or a piece of lint.

In an elderly cat such as yours, it is likely hormonal or illness related, but I wouldn't rule out things such as fleas or ear mites that may have caused her to dig and scratch the fur off.

Your cat may also lose hair in response to fleas and mites.

Ear mites are a fairly common problem for people with outdoor animals.

Ear mites feed on all sorts of elements within your cat's ear.

Mites love to feed upon the secretions and tissues of a cat's ear, and so they build their ideal home within this environment.

Even if your cat's symptoms are mild, you must engage in whatever ritual possible to free your cat from mites.