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🫁 Tracheal Mites (2D): Trachea Blockage & Colony Spread Model

A flat cutaway of a honey bee's trachea with Acarapis woodi mites blocking oxygen flow, a colony infestation grid, and a live mite-population model driven by season and hygienic resistance.

Entomology & Insect Behaviour2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion turns the 3D thorax cutaway into a flat schematic: a tracheal-tube cross-section shows oxygen particles slowing and thinning as mite load scars the tube, a colony grid colours each bee by infestation state, and a live population model integrates growth rate from season and hygienic-resistance settings so the mite count genuinely rises or falls over time.

⚙ Under the hood

Blockage and airflow follow the same formulas as the 3D original; a new dP/dt population-growth integration, driven by season and resistance, makes the mite count a live time-series rather than a static label.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install