Part 2 of With All Our Mites, featuring Matt Bertone, entomologist at North Carolina State University, discussing the various arthropods that live in our houses, averaging 90 species per home.

With All our Mites:
Part 1: Michelle Trautwein / Face Mites
Part 2: Matt Bertone / Domestic Minifauna
Part 3: Joshua Benoit / Bed Bugs
Part 4: Thomas McDade / Our Microbe Guardians

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