My #YouTube #article points to my upcoming nature #video, showing interesting #biological #interactions on a common #dandelion inflorescence. A #mite (#Parasitellus sp.) appears to be attacking a #moth (#Pyrausta #despicata), but in reality, this is merely a #mistake by the mite, which is actually looking for a bee, presumably bumblebee, as a #phoretic #host for #dispersal.

©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

Reference

YouTube article S. F. Wirth (2025):
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxP4oYFemnF7k6y-nbS89fXNeVq1h3xKh9?si=aJ8MiJJvpfPaYabn

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