#erythraeidae — Public Fediverse posts
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#MiteMonday: mite mania! A whole bunch of _Balaustium_ scavenging a dead midge.
#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: mite mania! A whole bunch of _Balaustium_ scavenging a dead midge.
#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: mite mania! A whole bunch of _Balaustium_ scavenging a dead midge.
#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: I chased this sidewalk mite around a bocce ball court in a park for ages because I thought it was one of the iridescent blue-green ones, only to find out it just had some green stuff on it. 😐
It looks kind of like lichen but I have no idea how lichen would even grow on a mite. It's probably some random paint or powder or algae-filled water that dried on it.
#Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: I chased this sidewalk mite around a bocce ball court in a park for ages because I thought it was one of the iridescent blue-green ones, only to find out it just had some green stuff on it. 😐
It looks kind of like lichen but I have no idea how lichen would even grow on a mite. It's probably some random paint or powder or algae-filled water that dried on it.
#Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: I chased this sidewalk mite around a bocce ball court in a park for ages because I thought it was one of the iridescent blue-green ones, only to find out it just had some green stuff on it. 😐
It looks kind of like lichen but I have no idea how lichen would even grow on a mite. It's probably some random paint or powder or algae-filled water that dried on it.
#Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: a whirligig mite (family Anystidae) feeding on a long-legged velvet mite (family Erythraeidae, compare to _Balaustium_). Given how plentiful _Balaustium_ are, coinciding with peak anystid, this must be going on all the time, but I rarely see it.
#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: a whirligig mite (family Anystidae) feeding on a long-legged velvet mite (family Erythraeidae, compare to _Balaustium_). Given how plentiful _Balaustium_ are, coinciding with peak anystid, this must be going on all the time, but I rarely see it.
#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: a whirligig mite (family Anystidae) feeding on a long-legged velvet mite (family Erythraeidae, compare to _Balaustium_). Given how plentiful _Balaustium_ are, coinciding with peak anystid, this must be going on all the time, but I rarely see it.
#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae #Erythraeidae
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On the menu today for the whirligig mites:
- aphid?
- big plant bug
- little plant bug
- sidewalk mite#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #insects #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae #Erythraeidae #Hemiptera #Miridae #Aphididae
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On the menu today for the whirligig mites:
- aphid?
- big plant bug
- little plant bug
- sidewalk mite#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #insects #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae #Erythraeidae #Hemiptera #Miridae #Aphididae
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On the menu today for the whirligig mites:
- aphid?
- big plant bug
- little plant bug
- sidewalk mite#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #insects #Acari #Acariformes #Anystidae #Erythraeidae #Hemiptera #Miridae #Aphididae
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Note: while they don't follow the ectoparasite-then-predator life history typical of the much larger group they belong to, these little guys are not strict vegetarians and will also eat dead bugs, like this plant bug nymph. This was just a couple feet away from the group in the previous post.
#ArthroBeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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Note: while they don't follow the ectoparasite-then-predator life history typical of the much larger group they belong to, these little guys are not strict vegetarians and will also eat dead bugs, like this plant bug nymph. This was just a couple feet away from the group in the previous post.
#ArthroBeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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Note: while they don't follow the ectoparasite-then-predator life history typical of the much larger group they belong to, these little guys are not strict vegetarians and will also eat dead bugs, like this plant bug nymph. This was just a couple feet away from the group in the previous post.
#ArthroBeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#DailyMiteVid: see, I *told* you there was enough pollen!
A bunch of _Balaustium_ long-legged velvet mites, standing on top of each other to feed on an especially large clump of pollen, only chasing each other off a little bit.
#ArthroBeauty #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#DailyMiteVid: see, I *told* you there was enough pollen!
A bunch of _Balaustium_ long-legged velvet mites, standing on top of each other to feed on an especially large clump of pollen, only chasing each other off a little bit.
#ArthroBeauty #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#DailyMiteVid: see, I *told* you there was enough pollen!
A bunch of _Balaustium_ long-legged velvet mites, standing on top of each other to feed on an especially large clump of pollen, only chasing each other off a little bit.
#ArthroBeauty #Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#DailyMitePic: Comrades, please, no fighting, there's enough pollen for everyone!
#Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#DailyMitePic: Comrades, please, no fighting, there's enough pollen for everyone!
#Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#DailyMitePic: Comrades, please, no fighting, there's enough pollen for everyone!
#Mitestodon #bugstodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: The _Balaustium_ will continue until morale improves^W^W Peak Anystid is upon us
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: The _Balaustium_ will continue until morale improves^W^W Peak Anystid is upon us
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: The _Balaustium_ will continue until morale improves^W^W Peak Anystid is upon us
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#BREAKING: the long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae) are out in force! They're the little red guys seen in large numbers running around on concrete and such, eating pollen, sap, dead bugs, and other plentiful springtime foods.
(Not 100% sure on genus for this particular one, will edit in later if I find out)
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#BREAKING: the long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae) are out in force! They're the little red guys seen in large numbers running around on concrete and such, eating pollen, sap, dead bugs, and other plentiful springtime foods.
(Not 100% sure on genus for this particular one, will edit in later if I find out)
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#BREAKING: the long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae) are out in force! They're the little red guys seen in large numbers running around on concrete and such, eating pollen, sap, dead bugs, and other plentiful springtime foods.
(Not 100% sure on genus for this particular one, will edit in later if I find out)
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #bugstodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: _Balaustium_ sidewalk mites eating pollen (a fallen tulip anther I placed there for them).
#bugstodon #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: _Balaustium_ sidewalk mites eating pollen (a fallen tulip anther I placed there for them).
#bugstodon #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: _Balaustium_ sidewalk mites eating pollen (a fallen tulip anther I placed there for them).
#bugstodon #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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Garden arachnids from today:
- _Leucauge venusta_ spiderling has set up near the mosquito bucket
- male _Attulus fasciger_
- couldn't quite ID this smallish, cryptic-patterned jumper, any ideas? (🌎 Toronto, Ontario)
- bonus mite: pollen-eating _Balaustium_ have started to appear!#SpiderSunday #DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #spiders #orbweavers #JumpingSpiders #mites #Araneae #Tetragnathidae #Salticidae #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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Garden arachnids from today:
- _Leucauge venusta_ spiderling has set up near the mosquito bucket
- male _Attulus fasciger_
- couldn't quite ID this smallish, cryptic-patterned jumper, any ideas? (🌎 Toronto, Ontario)
- bonus mite: pollen-eating _Balaustium_ have started to appear!#SpiderSunday #DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #spiders #orbweavers #JumpingSpiders #mites #Araneae #Tetragnathidae #Salticidae #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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Garden arachnids from today:
- _Leucauge venusta_ spiderling has set up near the mosquito bucket
- male _Attulus fasciger_
- couldn't quite ID this smallish, cryptic-patterned jumper, any ideas? (🌎 Toronto, Ontario)
- bonus mite: pollen-eating _Balaustium_ have started to appear!#SpiderSunday #DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #spiders #orbweavers #JumpingSpiders #mites #Araneae #Tetragnathidae #Salticidae #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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#Arachtober 23: witnessed some interesting behaviour between two long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae, likely genus _Balaustium_) on a tree trunk. They were circling each other and drumming their legs, similar to what I've seen courting _Allothrombium_ red velvet mites doing. I am going to email a mite expert and see what they think!
Unfortunately somewhat shaky video here: https://youtu.be/eGYU6fMfm_Q
#ArthroBeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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#Arachtober 23: witnessed some interesting behaviour between two long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae, likely genus _Balaustium_) on a tree trunk. They were circling each other and drumming their legs, similar to what I've seen courting _Allothrombium_ red velvet mites doing. I am going to email a mite expert and see what they think!
Unfortunately somewhat shaky video here: https://youtu.be/eGYU6fMfm_Q
#ArthroBeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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#Arachtober 23: witnessed some interesting behaviour between two long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae, likely genus _Balaustium_) on a tree trunk. They were circling each other and drumming their legs, similar to what I've seen courting _Allothrombium_ red velvet mites doing. I am going to email a mite expert and see what they think!
Unfortunately somewhat shaky video here: https://youtu.be/eGYU6fMfm_Q
#ArthroBeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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#Arachtober 23: witnessed some interesting behaviour between two long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae, likely genus _Balaustium_) on a tree trunk. They were circling each other and drumming their legs, similar to what I've seen courting _Allothrombium_ red velvet mites doing. I am going to email a mite expert and see what they think!
Unfortunately somewhat shaky video here: https://youtu.be/eGYU6fMfm_Q
#ArthroBeauty #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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gotta stay on brand
here's a sidewalk mite (_Balaustium_) feeding on some predatory mite, Rhagidiidae or Cunaxidae or thereabouts; and an _Admestina_ jumping spider I found near pine trees in a nearby park. I find such interesting arthropods around pines that I don't see anywhere else.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #DailySpiderPic #arachnids #mites #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae #Araneae #Salticidae
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gotta stay on brand
here's a sidewalk mite (_Balaustium_) feeding on some predatory mite, Rhagidiidae or Cunaxidae or thereabouts; and an _Admestina_ jumping spider I found near pine trees in a nearby park. I find such interesting arthropods around pines that I don't see anywhere else.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #DailySpiderPic #arachnids #mites #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae #Araneae #Salticidae
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gotta stay on brand
here's a sidewalk mite (_Balaustium_) feeding on some predatory mite, Rhagidiidae or Cunaxidae or thereabouts; and an _Admestina_ jumping spider I found near pine trees in a nearby park. I find such interesting arthropods around pines that I don't see anywhere else.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #DailySpiderPic #arachnids #mites #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae #Araneae #Salticidae
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gotta stay on brand
here's a sidewalk mite (_Balaustium_) feeding on some predatory mite, Rhagidiidae or Cunaxidae or thereabouts; and an _Admestina_ jumping spider I found near pine trees in a nearby park. I find such interesting arthropods around pines that I don't see anywhere else.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #DailySpiderPic #arachnids #mites #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae #Araneae #Salticidae
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Down by the lake I noticed a mite that seemed small for a trombidiid and large for an erythraeid…only on looking more closely did I notice that its dark red body had a gorgeous iridescent blue-green sheen! I think this may be a _Balaustium_ species, but not one of the ones I usually see. I've only seen this kind once before!
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #ArthroBeauty #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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Down by the lake I noticed a mite that seemed small for a trombidiid and large for an erythraeid…only on looking more closely did I notice that its dark red body had a gorgeous iridescent blue-green sheen! I think this may be a _Balaustium_ species, but not one of the ones I usually see. I've only seen this kind once before!
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #ArthroBeauty #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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Down by the lake I noticed a mite that seemed small for a trombidiid and large for an erythraeid…only on looking more closely did I notice that its dark red body had a gorgeous iridescent blue-green sheen! I think this may be a _Balaustium_ species, but not one of the ones I usually see. I've only seen this kind once before!
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #ArthroBeauty #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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Down by the lake I noticed a mite that seemed small for a trombidiid and large for an erythraeid…only on looking more closely did I notice that its dark red body had a gorgeous iridescent blue-green sheen! I think this may be a _Balaustium_ species, but not one of the ones I usually see. I've only seen this kind once before!
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #ArthroBeauty #Acari #Acariformes #Erythraeidae
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The sidewalk mites (_Balaustium_) that swarm over the ground this time of year primarily eat pollen, but they will also scavenge dead bugs (I do not think they are actually predatory). This horde has found an ant pupa, I think?
I am fascinated by this behaviour and try to catch it at least once every summer.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #MiteBehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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The sidewalk mites (_Balaustium_) that swarm over the ground this time of year primarily eat pollen, but they will also scavenge dead bugs (I do not think they are actually predatory). This horde has found an ant pupa, I think?
I am fascinated by this behaviour and try to catch it at least once every summer.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #MiteBehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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The sidewalk mites (_Balaustium_) that swarm over the ground this time of year primarily eat pollen, but they will also scavenge dead bugs (I do not think they are actually predatory). This horde has found an ant pupa, I think?
I am fascinated by this behaviour and try to catch it at least once every summer.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #MiteBehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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The sidewalk mites (_Balaustium_) that swarm over the ground this time of year primarily eat pollen, but they will also scavenge dead bugs (I do not think they are actually predatory). This horde has found an ant pupa, I think?
I am fascinated by this behaviour and try to catch it at least once every summer.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #MiteBehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: ever look down and see a bunch of little red guys on the pavement or whatever? Chances are they're long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae) in the genus _Balaustium_. Practically all of their relatives are parasitic on other arthropods as larvae and predatory as adults, but some common _Balaustium_ species are lifelong pollen-eaters. Here's one eating peony pollen I put down.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: ever look down and see a bunch of little red guys on the pavement or whatever? Chances are they're long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae) in the genus _Balaustium_. Practically all of their relatives are parasitic on other arthropods as larvae and predatory as adults, but some common _Balaustium_ species are lifelong pollen-eaters. Here's one eating peony pollen I put down.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: ever look down and see a bunch of little red guys on the pavement or whatever? Chances are they're long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae) in the genus _Balaustium_. Practically all of their relatives are parasitic on other arthropods as larvae and predatory as adults, but some common _Balaustium_ species are lifelong pollen-eaters. Here's one eating peony pollen I put down.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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#MiteMonday: ever look down and see a bunch of little red guys on the pavement or whatever? Chances are they're long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae) in the genus _Balaustium_. Practically all of their relatives are parasitic on other arthropods as larvae and predatory as adults, but some common _Balaustium_ species are lifelong pollen-eaters. Here's one eating peony pollen I put down.
#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Erythraeidae
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For #MiteMonday: mites eating things.
1. Long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae, probably _Balaustium_) eating a midge
2. A whirligig mite (family Anystidae) eating a globular springtail
3. A snout mite (family Bdellidae) eating a barklouse#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Erythraeidae #Anystidae #Bdellidae
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For #MiteMonday: mites eating things.
1. Long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae, probably _Balaustium_) eating a midge
2. A whirligig mite (family Anystidae) eating a globular springtail
3. A snout mite (family Bdellidae) eating a barklouse#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Erythraeidae #Anystidae #Bdellidae
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For #MiteMonday: mites eating things.
1. Long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae, probably _Balaustium_) eating a midge
2. A whirligig mite (family Anystidae) eating a globular springtail
3. A snout mite (family Bdellidae) eating a barklouse#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Erythraeidae #Anystidae #Bdellidae
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For #MiteMonday: mites eating things.
1. Long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae, probably _Balaustium_) eating a midge
2. A whirligig mite (family Anystidae) eating a globular springtail
3. A snout mite (family Bdellidae) eating a barklouse#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Erythraeidae #Anystidae #Bdellidae