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  1. New video: 1 minute of a clover mite rookery on a tree trunk! Adults feeling their way around by tapping their long legs; clusters of shiny dark-red eggs; the white husks of cast-off old molts.

    These mites are so tiny (<1mm) that despite their vast numbers they easily pass unnoticed.

    youtu.be/ehm_G14WEkI

    #DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae #Bryobia

  2. This fallen tree in High Park's oak savannah was covered with absolutely tiny clover mite (_Bryobia_) nymphs. Note the six legs (they'll have eight as adults).

    #DailyMitePic #MiteMonday #Mitestodon #mites #Arthropoda #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobia #macro