Floor rubish from obs hive

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Bcrazy

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Just cleaned the floor on my observation hive and cam across a couple of 'things' have a butchers!

Do you think the brown shell insect is a Varroa because I do not?

Mo
 
Hi John,
Perhaps I have not explained what it is I would like help with very well. There is a group of four cocooned lava with what looks like antenna sticking out although these are probably breathing vents for the larva.
Then we have the three brown shell like insects which seems to have a type of flagella Not spelled correctly. The underside of this thing does not resemble the underside of a Varroa mite.

Can anyone help?

Thank you

Mo:coolgleamA:
 
Can't read the scale very well- can you give us an idea of size?
 
Hi Skyhook
The four of a kind are about 3mm in length.
The brown crustation is about 2mm measured across.

Hope that helps.
Mo
 

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