Poultry Red Mite
and egg production operations, it is directly responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in egg industry losses every year. Despite its common names [...] higher in less intensive farming systems, such as barns, free-range and organic farming because the environments provide more opportunities for the mite [...] day in cracks and crevices, nests, cribs and roosts, egg conveyor belts, cardboard boxes and transportation cages. They can occasionally be found in clusters