4 Sep 2020

Critter of the Week The Kiwi Feather Mite

From Afternoons, 3:32 pm on 4 September 2020

This Critter of the Week lives for a free ride, and free food. But the Kiwi Feather Mite may just be the worst hitch-hiker in New Zealand explains Doc's Nicola Toki. Once they’re on, they stay for life and have a diet of blood!

Kiwialges haastii (Biship, 1985) close-up collected Totara River_ Jean-Claude Stahl, Te Papa (AA.000060)_Permission granted by institution CC BY 4.0

Kiwialges haastii (Biship, 1985) slide collected Totara River_ Jean-Claude Stahl, Te Papa (AA.000060)_Permission granted by institution CC BY 4.0

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