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Rob, Your wording was quite clear and not misinterpreted by me. My response was intended to bring the air travel habits of flightless arthropods to general attention. One of those lesser known nature trivia facts. Ant predation could put a dent in the mite population. Still the question remains how they -the mites- got there in the first place. What keeps the ants to get up on the feeder will likely keep mites -and other "bugs"- from getting up there as well. If they arrived by air travel the mites could also be kept on the feeder against their will by those traps. Depending on their dietary needs they may be so keen to get off that they jump on the next possible ride. Again, just pure speculation Ulli ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Woods To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Hummingbird mites I was actually wondering if the ants might control the mite population if they had access to the feeder. Was worded poorly earlier. Rob
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