Eurasian blue tit host is "Proctophyllodes stylifer". However, this mite seems to be of no concern to the bird as, until now, it is only known to feed on dead feather tissue. "P. stylifer" lives all its developmental stages, i.e. egg, larva, protonymph, tritonymph and adult, within the plumage of the same host. The usual sites where "P. stylifer" is encountered are the remiges and the rectrices of the bird where they can be found tandemly positioned between the barbs of the rachis. The Eurasian blue tit is classified as a least concern species on the IUCN Red List (version 3.1), and as
Acorus calamus of the fleeting nature of childhood: in the story, Alice picks scented rushes but complains that the prettiest ones are always just out of reach, while the ones she is able to reach fade and lose their scent as soon as they are plucked. The root of the calamus (Tamil vasambu வசம்பு) is cut into disc-shaped beads, and made into bracelets, which are typically worn by newborns for the first few months. A vasambu bracelet is a symbol of a newborn baby in Tamil culture. "A. calamus" and products derived from "A. calamus" (such as its oil) were banned from