#oribatid — Public Fediverse posts
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This little beauty is an Oribatid (Cepheus) mite nymph. Each ring of ornate scales on the mite's back are a previously moulted exoskeleton!
I've been trying to get a good photo of these for so long, and it turns out all I had to do was go looking around the research station grounds where I work.
#Mite #Oribatid #Acari #SoilFauna #MesoFauna #SoilEcology #SoilEcology #Macrophotgraphy