Abstract
Water loss and water gain of females of the spiny rat mite, Echinolaelaps echidninus , are balanced at or above their equilibrium humidity (90% rh). Below this level water loss is drastic. When exposed to simulated diurnal humidity fluctuations, starving mites during periods of high humidities repeatedly take up the amount of water vapor from the air lost during periods of low humidities. This is drastically reflected in survival of the starving animals. Survival of feeding animals below the equilibrium humidity depends on the frequency of blood meals.
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