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| '''Significance'''
| '''Significance'''
| '''Distinguishing features'''
| '''Distinguishing features'''
| '''Image'''
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| ''V. destructor''
| As above.
| The honey bee mite has an oval body with all 8 legs on one side of the body.
|[[File:Varroa mite .jpg|thumb|<small>Copyright Artic 2005 Wikimedia Commons</small>]]
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| The '''bee louse''' ''Braula coeca''
| The '''bee louse''' ''Braula coeca''
| The louse is insignificant as a cause of disease
| The louse is insignificant as a cause of disease
| The body has a more rounded shape (compared to the marked oval shape of ''V. destructor'') and its 6 legs extend outside the margins of the body on either side.
| The body has a more rounded shape (compared to the marked oval shape of ''V. destructor'') and its 6 legs extend outside the margins of the body on either side.
|[[File:Un bourdon infecté par Braula coeca.jpg|thumb|<small>Copyright Eric Lignet 2009 Wikimedia Commons]]
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| ''Tropilaelaps spp.''
| ''Tropilaelaps spp.''
| This mite is a '''Notifiable''' exotic parasite that may cause severe disease in honey bee colonies.
| This mite is a '''Notifiable''' exotic parasite that may cause severe disease in honey bee colonies.
| The mites are smaller than ''V. destructor'' and have 6 legs which are visible on either side of the mite.
| The mites are smaller than ''V. destructor'' and have 6 legs which are visible on either side of the mite.
|[[File:Example.jpg|thumb]]
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| ''Melittiphis alvearius''
| ''Melittiphis alvearius''
| These mites prey on other mites within the hive and cause no harm to bees.
| These mites prey on other mites within the hive and cause no harm to bees.
| The mites are much smaller than ''V. destructor'' but have a similar oval shape.
| The mites are much smaller than ''V. destructor'' but have a similar oval shape.
|[[File:Example.jpg|thumb]]
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