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  1. Has #WeevilWednesday come early? No, it's #MiteMonday! These snout mites (family Bdellidae) must need moisture as I usually only see them in damp places and right after it rains. They are predatory, and about the same size as sidewalk mites (_Balaustium_, family Erythraeidae).

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SnoutMites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Bdellidae

  2. Has #WeevilWednesday come early? No, it's #MiteMonday! These snout mites (family Bdellidae) must need moisture as I usually only see them in damp places and right after it rains. They are predatory, and about the same size as sidewalk mites (_Balaustium_, family Erythraeidae).

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SnoutMites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Bdellidae

  3. Has #WeevilWednesday come early? No, it's #MiteMonday! These snout mites (family Bdellidae) must need moisture as I usually only see them in damp places and right after it rains. They are predatory, and about the same size as sidewalk mites (_Balaustium_, family Erythraeidae).

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SnoutMites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Bdellidae

  4. Has #WeevilWednesday come early? No, it's #MiteMonday! These snout mites (family Bdellidae) must need moisture as I usually only see them in damp places and right after it rains. They are predatory, and about the same size as sidewalk mites (_Balaustium_, family Erythraeidae).

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SnoutMites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Bdellidae

  5. Good lake visit today

    1. Scenery
    2. The _Bryobia_ clover mites are loving the warm weather.
    3. A linyphiid, I think? Else a theridiid?
    4. A slow-moving (for once) lithobiomorph centipede.

    #DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #SpidersOfMastodon #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #spiders #mites #centipedes #Araneae #Acari #Myriapoda

  6. #Arachtober 19: this cute little oribatid (found on a rotting log) seemed to have ladybug-like spots. These widespread and abundant detritus- and fungus-eating soil dwellers are sometimes called "beetle mites" because of their hard carapaces.

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Oribatida #macro

  7. For #MiteMonday, here's a little oribatid I found under the bark of a rotting log in a very wet meadow. Unlike the poppyseed-like galumnoids I've posted before, this one has a clear division between head and abdomen. It would be serendipitous if it were a ptyctimous mite, as a new catalogue of this group was just published: mapress.com/zt/article/view/zo

    :inaturalist: inaturalist.ca/observations/15

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Oribatida

  8. #MiteMonday: a little oribatid from my recent High Park outing. Oribatids are abundant soil-dwelling detritivores and fungivores, sometimes called "beetle mites" because of their hard, shiny shells.

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Oribatida