Cheese mites. Ew. I was just watching Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds on BBC iPlayer (very good if a little sexed up/dumbed down). He mentioned these. They live on cheese. You know when old cheese gets this white poweder on it? Thats because of these bad boys.
Title: Tyrophagus casei, cheese mite
Description: Scanning electron microscope image of a cheese mite (x 170). These creatures are generally considered to be a pest, however they are added to Altenburger cheese to give it flavour. Artificially coloured on computer.
from http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/www/image.php?img=61478
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