shimer

Updated: January 18, 2026

While many of the mites are parasitic on animals, some are known to devour the eggs of insects and other mites, thrusting their beaks into the egg, and sucking the contents. Shimer has observed the Acarus? malus sucking the eggs of the Chinch bug.

A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard - Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests,: Gardens and Houses