Talk:Aceria guerreronis

This article was nominated for deletion on 10 July 2010 (UTC). The result of the discussion was fixed and user blocked. .

A fact from Aceria guerreronis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 April 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that coconut mites can be dispersed by wind, or perhaps by hitching a lift?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:36, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that coconut mites can be dispersed by wind, or perhaps by hitching a lift?

Reviewed: Cheng Lai-king

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 18:18, 16 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Cwmhiraeth, review follows: article 5x expanded on 11 April; article esceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; no issues with overly close paraphrasing found; hook is interesting and mentioned in the articles, backed up by the sources cited; a QPQ has been carried out. No problems here - Dumelow (talk) 08:31, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Of mites and human vision

The article says, "The coconut mite is small, with a length of about 220 µm and a width of 36 to 52 µm; this is too small to see with the naked eye." However, the limit of human vision is generally given as 40 µm. 220 µm is .22 mm, which is small but much bigger than the diameter of a human hair. Now, being translucent, they are probably very hard to spot, but they are not too small to see with the naked eye. IAmNitpicking (talk) 16:40, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@IAmNitpicking: That came from the source which stated "The adult female coconut mite is 205 to 255 Âµm long and 36 to 52 Âµm wide. These minute arthropods cannot be seen with the naked eye. Massive colonies of the mites and individual mites can be detected with a 10X hand lens." Have I misunderstood the units of measurement? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:17, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No, I think you understood correctly. It's just that your source is not correct. IAmNitpicking (talk) 20:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]