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Techniques for Biological Studies of Tetranychid Mites, Especially Bryobia arborea M. & A. and B. praetiosa Koch (Acarina: Tetranychidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. V. G. Morgan
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Summerland, B.C.
N. H. Anderson
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Summerland, B.C.

Extract

Biological studies of tetranychid mites have been hampered by lack of suitable techniques for studying and handling the mites in the field and laboratory. Common entomological methods are not readily adaptable for studying these minute animals. During population studies of orchard mites in British Columbia, the authors devised some field and laboratory techniques for studying the lifehistories of the brown mite, Bryobia arborea Morgan and Anderson, the clover mite, B. praetiosa Koch, and the European red mite, Metatetranychus ulmi (Koch).

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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