Erythraeoidea is a widely distributed group with great potential for practical use in biological
control programs, but whose study has been limited due to the complex life cycle that often …

Generalist predators have the potential advantage to control more than one pest and to be
more persistent than specialist predators because they can survive on different foods …

The red velvet mite, Balaustium murorum (Hermann), is a pollenophagous free-living mite
with a flashy red body. This mite occurs in early spring and lives on sunny surfaces of human …

Species richness of microarthropods in coastal temperate rainforests of western North
America is enhanced by the presence of heterogeneous arboreal habitats (moss mats). We …

Traditionally, above-ground and below-ground interactions involving the food web
associated with plants were studied independently, but it has become clear that these two …

The diversity of plant-feeding mites of the Canadian Prairies Ecozone is reviewed using the
literature and collection records. At least 101 species of strictly phytophagous mites …

The lower and upper thermal activity thresholds of adult and larval Balaustium hernandezi
von H eyden (A cari: E rythraeidae) are compared with those of its prey Tetranychus urticae …

Adult mites Balaustium murorum collected from a wild population died in laboratory storage
containers and became mouldy. The fungus was identified as Purpureocillium lilacinum …

Xeric-suitability and heat tolerance by having a low water loss rate (3%/h) and high upper
lethal temperature (48° C) are reported for adults of a Balaustium sp., which match typical …

We report an arrestment response by Balaustium murorum that is chemically mediated by
excreta of conspecifics. Deutonymphs and adults arrest on saline extracts of their excreta …