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Panicle Rice Mite (Steneotarsonemus spinki)
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rice mite - larva and eggs
 Rice mites and eggs.  Steneotarsonemus spinki Smiley.  Image: Eric McDonald, USDA-APHIS-PPQ.
 
Mite eggs, Steneotarsonemus spinki Smiley. Image: Eric McDonald, USDA-APHIS-PPQ.
   
Examination of the inside of a rice plant sheath.  Image: Eric McDonald, USDA-APHIS-PPQ.
 
Symptoms on panicle.  Image: Pellerano.
 
Mite damaged panicle with remnants of mite. Image: Ron Ochoa, USDA, ARS, SEL.
 
dissected rice panicle
 Dissected rice panicle. Image: Ron Ochoa, USDA, ARS, SEL.
   
male and female mite
 Male and female mite.  Image: Eric McDonald, USDA-APHIS-PPQ.

 

Last Modified: September 30, 2008