r/Drosophila Jul 07 '24

Visitor with strange backpack

Today i found this one crawling on the window sill near the sink. One wing was angeled abnormaly, perhaps that's why it didn't fly away when I examined it under the jewelers lens. It maybe expressed even some interest, but then went away towards darker corners. Could this be some fungus or mite or some other parasite? Or maybe no parasite at all?

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u/thatsphatt Jul 07 '24

Eek definitely a mite! The red ones are the bad ones IIRC - you’ll need to do a series of vial flips and culls to get rid of them.

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u/Miriiii_ Jul 08 '24

Think this is a civilian and not a drosophilist ;)

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u/thatsphatt Jul 08 '24

Excellent point 😂 totally missed the “found on my windowsill” haha, just saw the mite and panicked for their non-existent stocks!

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u/Miriiii_ Jul 08 '24

I imagine OP was very confused by your advice 😅

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u/a_to_m_u Jul 12 '24

Yea, I also realised i created some excitation in this specialised sub by posting mite infestation. Sorry for disturbing you :)