1. Experimental evidence for a female sex pheromone in Arrenurus manubriator (Acari: Hydrachnida; Arrenuridae)

   • Bruce P. Smith
   • Jason Hagman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 263

2. Mite growth on fungus under various environmental conditions and its potential application to biofilters

   • J.R. Woertz
   • K.A. Kinney
   • J.W. van Groenestijn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 276

3. The growth of sheep scab lesions in relation to sheep breed and time of the year

   • L.J. Fourie
   • T. Meintjes
   • I.G. Horak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 281

4. Soil oribatid mite communities under three species of legumes in an ultisol in Brazil

   • M. Adetola Badejo
   • Jose Antonio Azevedo Espindola
   • Maria Elizabeth Fernandes Correa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 296

5. Host preference by Allothrombium pulvinum (Acari: Trombidiidae) larvae on aphids: Macrosiphum rosae, Aphis gossypii and Hyalopterus amygdali (Homoptera: Aphididae)

   • Mojtaba Hosseini
   • Bijan Hatami
   • Alireza Saboori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 302

6. Susceptibility of populations of Banks grass mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) suspected of developing bifenthrin resistance from three maize fields

   • E.D. Jr. Bynum
   • T.L. Archer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 312

7. The possible role of Varroa destructor in the spreading of American foulbrood among apiaries

   • Paul H. De Rycke
   • Johan J. Joubert
   • Frans J. Jacobs

   OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 318

8. Laboratory evaluation of some plant essences to control Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae)

   • Ardeshir Ariana
   • Rahim Ebadi
   • Gholamhosein Tahmasebi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 327

9. Kinetics of ingested host immunoglobulin G in hemolymph and whole body homogenates during nymphal development of Dermacentor variabilis and Ixodes scapularis ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).

   • Jefferson A. Vaughan
   • Daniel E. Sonenshine
   • Abdu F. Azad

   OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 340