Sociedad Latino-americana de Acarologia
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Sociedad Latino-americana de Acarologia - meeting and integration of the community of Acarologists from Latin America and the Caribbean Islands since 1994 linktr.ee/slacarologia
Species Spotlight: Broad mite
The broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus is a tiny but destructive pest of many crops.
⏱️ Life cycle: just 3–8 days
🌱 Feeds on young plant tissues
⚠️ Causes leaf distortion, bronzing, and stunted growth—even at low densities.
The broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus is a tiny but destructive pest of many crops.
⏱️ Life cycle: just 3–8 days
🌱 Feeds on young plant tissues
⚠️ Causes leaf distortion, bronzing, and stunted growth—even at low densities.
March 16, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Species Spotlight: Broad mite
The broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus is a tiny but destructive pest of many crops.
⏱️ Life cycle: just 3–8 days
🌱 Feeds on young plant tissues
⚠️ Causes leaf distortion, bronzing, and stunted growth—even at low densities.
The broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus is a tiny but destructive pest of many crops.
⏱️ Life cycle: just 3–8 days
🌱 Feeds on young plant tissues
⚠️ Causes leaf distortion, bronzing, and stunted growth—even at low densities.
🧪⚡🕷️ Electrified ticks!
Studies show that Ixodes ricinus is attracted to electrostatic fields produced by their hosts.
Even without physical contact, they can bridge air gaps of millimeters to centimeters via electrostatic attraction.
Studies show that Ixodes ricinus is attracted to electrostatic fields produced by their hosts.
Even without physical contact, they can bridge air gaps of millimeters to centimeters via electrostatic attraction.
February 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🧪⚡🕷️ Electrified ticks!
Studies show that Ixodes ricinus is attracted to electrostatic fields produced by their hosts.
Even without physical contact, they can bridge air gaps of millimeters to centimeters via electrostatic attraction.
Studies show that Ixodes ricinus is attracted to electrostatic fields produced by their hosts.
Even without physical contact, they can bridge air gaps of millimeters to centimeters via electrostatic attraction.
🕷️ SPECIES IN FOCUS: Varroa destructor
The most destructive parasite of the western honey bee.
When uncontrolled, this tiny mite can collapse entire colonies.
The most destructive parasite of the western honey bee.
When uncontrolled, this tiny mite can collapse entire colonies.
February 20, 2026 at 2:59 PM
🕷️ SPECIES IN FOCUS: Varroa destructor
The most destructive parasite of the western honey bee.
When uncontrolled, this tiny mite can collapse entire colonies.
The most destructive parasite of the western honey bee.
When uncontrolled, this tiny mite can collapse entire colonies.
🧪🕷️ International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Today we celebrate the women and girls who drive acarology forward with passion, dedication, and scientific rigor.
Today we celebrate the women and girls who drive acarology forward with passion, dedication, and scientific rigor.
February 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
🧪🕷️ International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Today we celebrate the women and girls who drive acarology forward with passion, dedication, and scientific rigor.
Today we celebrate the women and girls who drive acarology forward with passion, dedication, and scientific rigor.
Today we celebrate World Soil Day, a reminder that beneath our feet lies an entire universe essential for life on Earth. 🌍✨
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Today we celebrate World Soil Day, a reminder that beneath our feet lies an entire universe essential for life on Earth. 🌍✨
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Predatory mites in Cerrado pastures? A new study published in Acarologia (2025) reveals surprising levels of biodiversity in livestock systems of central Brazil. 🌾🕷️
Researchers recorded 21 species of Phytoseiidae, key predators used in natural pest control.
Predatory mites in Cerrado pastures? A new study published in Acarologia (2025) reveals surprising levels of biodiversity in livestock systems of central Brazil. 🌾🕷️
Researchers recorded 21 species of Phytoseiidae, key predators used in natural pest control.
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Predatory mites in Cerrado pastures? A new study published in Acarologia (2025) reveals surprising levels of biodiversity in livestock systems of central Brazil. 🌾🕷️
Researchers recorded 21 species of Phytoseiidae, key predators used in natural pest control.
Predatory mites in Cerrado pastures? A new study published in Acarologia (2025) reveals surprising levels of biodiversity in livestock systems of central Brazil. 🌾🕷️
Researchers recorded 21 species of Phytoseiidae, key predators used in natural pest control.
✨ Webinar Edición Especial ✨
📅 04 de diciembre de 2025
¡Los esperamos!
#acariologia #acari #tetranychusurticae
📅 04 de diciembre de 2025
¡Los esperamos!
#acariologia #acari #tetranychusurticae
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
✨ Webinar Edición Especial ✨
📅 04 de diciembre de 2025
¡Los esperamos!
#acariologia #acari #tetranychusurticae
📅 04 de diciembre de 2025
¡Los esperamos!
#acariologia #acari #tetranychusurticae
🦃🕷️ Happy Thanksgiving!
A special thank-you to all acarologists who advance research, education, and collaboration across the Americas.
🍁 The Latin American Society of Acarology wishes you a wonderful Thanksgiving!
#Acarology #Mites #Thanksgiving #Biodiversity #ScienceCommunity
A special thank-you to all acarologists who advance research, education, and collaboration across the Americas.
🍁 The Latin American Society of Acarology wishes you a wonderful Thanksgiving!
#Acarology #Mites #Thanksgiving #Biodiversity #ScienceCommunity
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🦃🕷️ Happy Thanksgiving!
A special thank-you to all acarologists who advance research, education, and collaboration across the Americas.
🍁 The Latin American Society of Acarology wishes you a wonderful Thanksgiving!
#Acarology #Mites #Thanksgiving #Biodiversity #ScienceCommunity
A special thank-you to all acarologists who advance research, education, and collaboration across the Americas.
🍁 The Latin American Society of Acarology wishes you a wonderful Thanksgiving!
#Acarology #Mites #Thanksgiving #Biodiversity #ScienceCommunity
🧪 Colombia now records 50 chigger species, including a newly described one. New host records + larval ID key strengthen biodiversity and Orientia surveillance in the Neotropics. 🕷️🇨🇴 #Acarology #Chiggers #VectorBiology
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🧪 Colombia now records 50 chigger species, including a newly described one. New host records + larval ID key strengthen biodiversity and Orientia surveillance in the Neotropics. 🕷️🇨🇴 #Acarology #Chiggers #VectorBiology
Eight new Tarsonemidae species were found from 633 slides at the Cuban Plant Quarantine Lab.
Daidalotarsonemus annonae now has the first male described, improving its taxonomy.
Acarologia (2025) DOI: 10.24349/xu18-1k5i
#Acarology #Mites #Cuba #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #PestManagement #PlantHealth
Daidalotarsonemus annonae now has the first male described, improving its taxonomy.
Acarologia (2025) DOI: 10.24349/xu18-1k5i
#Acarology #Mites #Cuba #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #PestManagement #PlantHealth
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Eight new Tarsonemidae species were found from 633 slides at the Cuban Plant Quarantine Lab.
Daidalotarsonemus annonae now has the first male described, improving its taxonomy.
Acarologia (2025) DOI: 10.24349/xu18-1k5i
#Acarology #Mites #Cuba #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #PestManagement #PlantHealth
Daidalotarsonemus annonae now has the first male described, improving its taxonomy.
Acarologia (2025) DOI: 10.24349/xu18-1k5i
#Acarology #Mites #Cuba #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #PestManagement #PlantHealth
🧬 New study on Brevipalpus flat mites reveals cryptic diversity and updated species relationships using morphology + mitochondrial and nuclear markers.
Key species: B. yothersi, B. californicus, B. papayensis, B. obovatus, B. mallorquensis, and B. oleae.
#acarology #mites #taxonomy #science
Key species: B. yothersi, B. californicus, B. papayensis, B. obovatus, B. mallorquensis, and B. oleae.
#acarology #mites #taxonomy #science
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🧬 New study on Brevipalpus flat mites reveals cryptic diversity and updated species relationships using morphology + mitochondrial and nuclear markers.
Key species: B. yothersi, B. californicus, B. papayensis, B. obovatus, B. mallorquensis, and B. oleae.
#acarology #mites #taxonomy #science
Key species: B. yothersi, B. californicus, B. papayensis, B. obovatus, B. mallorquensis, and B. oleae.
#acarology #mites #taxonomy #science
Reposted by Sociedad Latino-americana de Acarologia
Meet bob the red velvet mite
November 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Meet bob the red velvet mite
Reposted by Sociedad Latino-americana de Acarologia
It's week 3 of fatherhood, and today I was granted special dispensation from shopping, housework, nappies & feeding, to do some macrophotography!
The highlight was this Oribatid mite (N. spinulosa) sporting long defensive spines, which I've nicknamed the Hellraiser mite!
#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
The highlight was this Oribatid mite (N. spinulosa) sporting long defensive spines, which I've nicknamed the Hellraiser mite!
#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
It's week 3 of fatherhood, and today I was granted special dispensation from shopping, housework, nappies & feeding, to do some macrophotography!
The highlight was this Oribatid mite (N. spinulosa) sporting long defensive spines, which I've nicknamed the Hellraiser mite!
#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
The highlight was this Oribatid mite (N. spinulosa) sporting long defensive spines, which I've nicknamed the Hellraiser mite!
#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
🕷️ New record for Brazil! 🇧🇷
Tuckerella elegans is reported for the first time in Brazil, found in the Pampa biome (Sant’Ana do Livramento, RS).
📖 Castro et al. 2025 – Acarologia
🔗 doi.org/10.24349/wpc...
#Acarology #Mites #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #BrazilScience #SouthAmerica
Tuckerella elegans is reported for the first time in Brazil, found in the Pampa biome (Sant’Ana do Livramento, RS).
📖 Castro et al. 2025 – Acarologia
🔗 doi.org/10.24349/wpc...
#Acarology #Mites #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #BrazilScience #SouthAmerica
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🕷️ New record for Brazil! 🇧🇷
Tuckerella elegans is reported for the first time in Brazil, found in the Pampa biome (Sant’Ana do Livramento, RS).
📖 Castro et al. 2025 – Acarologia
🔗 doi.org/10.24349/wpc...
#Acarology #Mites #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #BrazilScience #SouthAmerica
Tuckerella elegans is reported for the first time in Brazil, found in the Pampa biome (Sant’Ana do Livramento, RS).
📖 Castro et al. 2025 – Acarologia
🔗 doi.org/10.24349/wpc...
#Acarology #Mites #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #BrazilScience #SouthAmerica
🕷️ Beyond phoresy: Histiogaster arborsignis not only hitches rides with ambrosia beetles it also colonizes their galleries and feeds on symbiotic fungi in Florida avocados
📖 Symbiosis (2025)
🔗 10.1007/s13199-025-01063-0
#Acarology #AmbrosiaBeetles #Research #LatinAmericanScience
📖 Symbiosis (2025)
🔗 10.1007/s13199-025-01063-0
#Acarology #AmbrosiaBeetles #Research #LatinAmericanScience
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🕷️ Beyond phoresy: Histiogaster arborsignis not only hitches rides with ambrosia beetles it also colonizes their galleries and feeds on symbiotic fungi in Florida avocados
📖 Symbiosis (2025)
🔗 10.1007/s13199-025-01063-0
#Acarology #AmbrosiaBeetles #Research #LatinAmericanScience
📖 Symbiosis (2025)
🔗 10.1007/s13199-025-01063-0
#Acarology #AmbrosiaBeetles #Research #LatinAmericanScience
To discuss the biology, control, and management of the Lychee Erinose Mite (Aceria litchii), a key pest impacting lychee production in Florida and worldwide 🌎🍒.
ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Acarology #UFIFAS #TREC #MiteResearch #TropicalFruits #IntegratedPestManagement #PlantHealth
ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Acarology #UFIFAS #TREC #MiteResearch #TropicalFruits #IntegratedPestManagement #PlantHealth
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
To discuss the biology, control, and management of the Lychee Erinose Mite (Aceria litchii), a key pest impacting lychee production in Florida and worldwide 🌎🍒.
ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Acarology #UFIFAS #TREC #MiteResearch #TropicalFruits #IntegratedPestManagement #PlantHealth
ufl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Acarology #UFIFAS #TREC #MiteResearch #TropicalFruits #IntegratedPestManagement #PlantHealth
📢 Call for Papers – Agronomy
Integrated mite management is key for 🌱 sustainable farming facing climate change, pesticide resistance & monoculture expansion.
We welcome studies on biology, ecology, resistance, taxonomy & innovative control strategies.
#Agronomy #Acarology #IPM #Research
Integrated mite management is key for 🌱 sustainable farming facing climate change, pesticide resistance & monoculture expansion.
We welcome studies on biology, ecology, resistance, taxonomy & innovative control strategies.
#Agronomy #Acarology #IPM #Research
October 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
📢 Call for Papers – Agronomy
Integrated mite management is key for 🌱 sustainable farming facing climate change, pesticide resistance & monoculture expansion.
We welcome studies on biology, ecology, resistance, taxonomy & innovative control strategies.
#Agronomy #Acarology #IPM #Research
Integrated mite management is key for 🌱 sustainable farming facing climate change, pesticide resistance & monoculture expansion.
We welcome studies on biology, ecology, resistance, taxonomy & innovative control strategies.
#Agronomy #Acarology #IPM #Research
📢 ¡Join & share your work with the acarology community!
The SLA invites members to send info on 🧩 events, 🔬 research lines & 📄 recent papers for diffusion on our official channels.
👉 Link in bio!
#Acarology #SLA #Mites #Science #Research #LatinAmerica
The SLA invites members to send info on 🧩 events, 🔬 research lines & 📄 recent papers for diffusion on our official channels.
👉 Link in bio!
#Acarology #SLA #Mites #Science #Research #LatinAmerica
October 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
📢 ¡Join & share your work with the acarology community!
The SLA invites members to send info on 🧩 events, 🔬 research lines & 📄 recent papers for diffusion on our official channels.
👉 Link in bio!
#Acarology #SLA #Mites #Science #Research #LatinAmerica
The SLA invites members to send info on 🧩 events, 🔬 research lines & 📄 recent papers for diffusion on our official channels.
👉 Link in bio!
#Acarology #SLA #Mites #Science #Research #LatinAmerica