An inter-species biological interaction in ecology and refers to a form of symbiosis where the symbiont, termed the phoront, is mechanically transported by its host. Neither organism is physiologically dependent on the other.
Observation | Observed Species Association: Phoresis |
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Superorder Acariformes | |
Dung Beetles (Subfamily Scarabaeinae) | |
Photos / SoundsWhatChernetid Pseudoscorpions (Family Chernetidae)Observerjon_sullivanDescriptionA psedoscorpion attached to the proboscis of a Pseudocoremia lupinata moth, found by @dustinlamont. |
Pseudocoremia lupinata |
Pseudoscorpions (Order Pseudoscorpiones) | |
Photos / SoundsWhatFamily ErythraeidaeObserverchristopherstephensDescriptionmites on a Scree Wētā (Deinacrida connectens) |
Scree Weta (Deinacrida connectens) |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Photos / SoundsWhatGranulated Ground Beetle (Carabus granulatus)ObserverfndDescriptionPossibly a granulated ground beetle? |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) |
Biting Midges (Family Ceratopogonidae) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Photos / SoundsWhatMites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)ObserversiddantasDescriptionStaphylinid beetle 2-3 mm long. beetle observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180195499 |
Rove Beetles (Family Staphylinidae) |
Photos / SoundsWhatTribe LomechusiniObserversiddantasDescription2-3 mm long. Acari observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180197171 |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) |
South American Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus palmarum) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Water Mites (Family Limnesiidae) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Family Lithobiidae | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) | |
Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari) |