Posted by Tony Irwin on 27-05-2007 19:50
#8
Hi Jorge. Thanks for posting the pictures. The mites are almost certainly Macrochelidae. They are very common micropredators on dung and compost heaps, and regularly hitch a ride on staphylinids, muscids and other larger insects that visit. Here is a photo of a
Stomoxys with a load under its abdomen - I suspect your fly was carrying them like this.
http://www.icb.us...musc14.jpg