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#podocinidae — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. #MiteMonday: a tiny _Podocinum_ mite found under a rock. Its extremely thin elongated front legs have forked hairs at the end, and it seems to use these legs like antennae to navigate.

    Much better pictures here: bugguide.net/node/view/514391

    #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  2. The rain this morning brought out plenty of arthropods in the garden, including these two arachnids. A podocinid mite (bugguide.net/node/view/247922), a tiny mesostig with extremely long, thin front legs terminating in forked hairs; and a chthoniid pseudoscorpion, with its clawed pedipalps. Strangely akin.

    #ArthroBeauty #arachnids #pseudoscorpions #mites #Pseudoscorpiones #Cthoniidae #Acari #Mesostigmata #Podocinidae

  3. #MiteMonday: meet _Podocinum_! Found several of these tiny predatory fellows under a rock, feeling their way around with their long, thin front legs tipped with forked hairs, a little reminiscent of a pseudoscorpion's claws. However they are dwarfed by even the small pseudoscorpions in my garden.

    #DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Podocinidae