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Re: Pseudoscorpions Revisited
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Scott Wright <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:04:13 -0500
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On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:05:25 -0700, Allen Dick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>Furthermore, their consumption of mites in beehives has been reported in
>Southern and Eastern Africa  (citation) and in Germany (citation).   In
>India colonies of bees that had pseudoscorpions were remarkably free of
>moths and mites...

Allen, is the psuedoscorpion you are referring to a  _vinegaroon_?  If so
the speicies in New Mexico seem to be too big to me to be of use for mites
but they are great for keeping the scorpion and roach populations in check.

S. Wright

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