PPT Slide
- emergence is on moderately cool days after rainstorms when termites leave the nest to mate.
- Like most mites, it has an incredibly efficient metabolism
Thus, it is able to tolerate a harsh desert environment by seeking a favorable microenvironment-it exploits conditions and resources that are only available a few days a year.
Example-the giant red velvet mite spends nearly all of its time in its burrow.
-It only emerges above ground, to feed and mate, one or two days a year-