Macrodinychus multispinosus is a mite that parasitises the longhorn crazy ant, but it does so in a very specific way.
The mite latches onto developing ant pupae and suck out their lifeblood before they have a chance to develop into adults.
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There are variety of mites which live with ants , but many of them are not well-studied. Most of them are either phoretic mites which hitch ...
