Pseudoscorpion

[Eeb Evih]

 

[Eeb Evih]

these were photographed in wellington area by a hobbyist beekeeper friend

 

[NatureAlley]

Very nice work. Some work has been done, I believe, on Chelifers and Varroa. I have tried to collect some of these pseudoscorpions by trapping in the bush but have not been successful.

 

[Maggie]

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Did your friend watch the pseudoscorpian kill the wasp?

 

[Maggie]

Very nice work. Some work has been done, I believe, on Chelifers and Varroa. I have tried to collect some of these pseudoscorpions by trapping in the bush but have not been successful.

If you can collect them, you need to catch the European pseudoscorpian. The native ones get rejected by the honey bee.

Harnessing the Feeding Power of Pseudoscorpions

 

[NatureAlley]

If you can collect them, you need to catch the European pseudoscorpian. The native ones get rejected by the honey bee.

Harnessing the Feeding Power of Pseudoscorpions

Thanks, that is much appreciated!

 

[Alastair]

Here's one I found in an alcohol wash. It was the size of a varroa mite and only way it could have got there would have been off the body of a bee.

Must have been a European one

 

[Alastair]