File:Peacock mite, Tuckerella sp.jpg

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False-colour scanning elecron micrograph of peacock mite (tuckerella)
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Tuckerella sp.

English: The Peacock mite, a beautiful but important pest on citrus in the tropics, shown here on a tea stem. Magnified 260X (with a low-temp scanning electron microscope). (LTSEM) Plate # d27487. Courtesy, Erbe, Pooley: USDA, ARS, EMU. "All of the micrographs on the web site are in the public domain and can be freely used." --Christopher Pooley. Reference: http://emu.arsusda.gov/typesof/default.html English Wikipedia, original upload 23 March 2005 by Brian0918
Français : Tuckerella sp., un acarien attaquant les agrumes. Image obtenue en microscopie électronique à balayage à basse température.
Date Taken on 22 March 2005
Source [1][2] Source not available online.
Author Christopher Pooley, USDA-ARS
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Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.

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