#tetranychidae — Public Fediverse posts

#Arachtober 28: clover mite (_Bryobia_) in a bright patch of lichen.

#ArthroBeauty #LichenSubscribe #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #CloverMites #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

Anyway, #InternationalRockFlippingDay finds: a vine weevil (*Otiorhynchus* of some kind), and a bryobiine spider mite, see e.g. *Petrobia*.

#bugstodon #DailyMitePic #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

Anyway, #InternationalRockFlippingDay finds: a vine weevil (*Otiorhynchus* of some kind), and a bryobiine spider mite, see e.g. *Petrobia*.

#bugstodon #DailyMitePic #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

Anyway, #InternationalRockFlippingDay finds: a vine weevil (*Otiorhynchus* of some kind), and a bryobiine spider mite, see e.g. *Petrobia*.

#bugstodon #DailyMitePic #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

Anyway, #InternationalRockFlippingDay finds: a vine weevil (*Otiorhynchus* of some kind), and a bryobiine spider mite, see e.g. *Petrobia*.

#bugstodon #DailyMitePic #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

Anyway, #InternationalRockFlippingDay finds: a vine weevil (*Otiorhynchus* of some kind), and a bryobiine spider mite, see e.g. *Petrobia*.

#bugstodon #DailyMitePic #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

Little red mites of spring!

- A larval sidewalk mite (_Balaustium_) eating pollen
- A young whirligig mite (family Anystidae) eating clover mite eggs (the little reddish balls)
- Sumo mites (_Allothrombium_) wrestling
- and lastly, a clover mite (_Bryobia_), which isn't really that red when full grown but which all of the other mites are frequently misidentified as. They won't be out much longer, they go dormant in the hot months.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Erythraeidae #Anystidae #Trombidiidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

#MiteMonday: it's that time of year again! A sheet-web weaver's web in a willow tree crevice is carpeted with tiny _Bryobia_ clover mites.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

I almost forgot it was #MiteMonday! Inspired by @zorbama's shot of a running crab spider, clover mite, and midge all together (https://veganism.social/@zorbama/114373000260983349), here's a running crab spider (_Philodromus_) I found feeding on a clover mite (_Bryobia_). I don't actually often find many arthropods feeding on the adults, though I've seen predatory _Anystis_ mites eating the eggs.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders #Acari #Acariformes #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae #Araneae #Philodromidae

#MiteMonday × #LichenSubscribe: we got some flurries today, but at a few degrees above zero the clover mites (_Bryobia_) are still out and about. Here's one climbing over a tiny crumb of lichen.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #CloverMites • #Acari #Acariformes #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

#Arachtober 26: the cool weather is back and so the clover mites (_Bryobia_) are out! The tiny juvenile spiders plentiful now seemed unbothered by the crowds of mites scrambling around them.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #CloverMites #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders • #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae #Araneae #Tetragnathidae

#Arachtober 3: spider mites (family Tetranychidae)! These tiny herbivorous mites are the bane of gardeners and farmers the world over. Spider mites in the subfamily Tetranychinae leave sheets of a very fine silk they produce, finer than spider silk, over heavily infested plants.

This plant in a nearby park showed the telltale "stippled" look of spider mite feeding on its leaves, and tiny mites could be seen especially on the leaf undersides.

I cannot stress how tiny they are. If you can get a good phone picture of individual mites without magnification, they're probably not spider mites.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites • #Acari #Acariformes #Tetranychidae #Tetranychinae

#Arachtober 3: spider mites (family Tetranychidae)! These tiny herbivorous mites are the bane of gardeners and farmers the world over. Spider mites in the subfamily Tetranychinae leave sheets of a very fine silk they produce, finer than spider silk, over heavily infested plants.

This plant in a nearby park showed the telltale "stippled" look of spider mite feeding on its leaves, and tiny mites could be seen especially on the leaf undersides.

I cannot stress how tiny they are. If you can get a good phone picture of individual mites without magnification, they're probably not spider mites.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites • #Acari #Acariformes #Tetranychidae #Tetranychinae

#Arachtober 3: spider mites (family Tetranychidae)! These tiny herbivorous mites are the bane of gardeners and farmers the world over. Spider mites in the subfamily Tetranychinae leave sheets of a very fine silk they produce, finer than spider silk, over heavily infested plants.

This plant in a nearby park showed the telltale "stippled" look of spider mite feeding on its leaves, and tiny mites could be seen especially on the leaf undersides.

I cannot stress how tiny they are. If you can get a good phone picture of individual mites without magnification, they're probably not spider mites.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites • #Acari #Acariformes #Tetranychidae #Tetranychinae

#Arachtober 3: spider mites (family Tetranychidae)! These tiny herbivorous mites are the bane of gardeners and farmers the world over. Spider mites in the subfamily Tetranychinae leave sheets of a very fine silk they produce, finer than spider silk, over heavily infested plants.

This plant in a nearby park showed the telltale "stippled" look of spider mite feeding on its leaves, and tiny mites could be seen especially on the leaf undersides.

I cannot stress how tiny they are. If you can get a good phone picture of individual mites without magnification, they're probably not spider mites.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites • #Acari #Acariformes #Tetranychidae #Tetranychinae

#Arachtober 3: spider mites (family Tetranychidae)! These tiny herbivorous mites are the bane of gardeners and farmers the world over. Spider mites in the subfamily Tetranychinae leave sheets of a very fine silk they produce, finer than spider silk, over heavily infested plants.

This plant in a nearby park showed the telltale "stippled" look of spider mite feeding on its leaves, and tiny mites could be seen especially on the leaf undersides.

I cannot stress how tiny they are. If you can get a good phone picture of individual mites without magnification, they're probably not spider mites.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites • #Acari #Acariformes #Tetranychidae #Tetranychinae

Went for a walk this morning and I found the most amazingly spider mite-infested patch of cosmos!! _Tetranychus_, I think, maybe even _T. urticae_. I noticed the leaves had that speckled look to them and looked closer.

While they're hardly rare, I myself almost never spot them, and this is the first time I've been able to get macro photos of them.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Tetranychinae

Went for a walk this morning and I found the most amazingly spider mite-infested patch of cosmos!! _Tetranychus_, I think, maybe even _T. urticae_. I noticed the leaves had that speckled look to them and looked closer.

While they're hardly rare, I myself almost never spot them, and this is the first time I've been able to get macro photos of them.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Tetranychinae

Went for a walk this morning and I found the most amazingly spider mite-infested patch of cosmos!! _Tetranychus_, I think, maybe even _T. urticae_. I noticed the leaves had that speckled look to them and looked closer.

While they're hardly rare, I myself almost never spot them, and this is the first time I've been able to get macro photos of them.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Tetranychinae

Went for a walk this morning and I found the most amazingly spider mite-infested patch of cosmos!! _Tetranychus_, I think, maybe even _T. urticae_. I noticed the leaves had that speckled look to them and looked closer.

While they're hardly rare, I myself almost never spot them, and this is the first time I've been able to get macro photos of them.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Tetranychinae

Went for a walk this morning and I found the most amazingly spider mite-infested patch of cosmos!! _Tetranychus_, I think, maybe even _T. urticae_. I noticed the leaves had that speckled look to them and looked closer.

While they're hardly rare, I myself almost never spot them, and this is the first time I've been able to get macro photos of them.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #SpiderMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Tetranychinae

#DailyMitePic × #LichenSubscribe: went out for a walk today but it was colder and rainier than I expected and I had to go home. But I did get this shot of clover mites and their eggs nestled into the folds of lichen on a spruce tree.

#Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #CloverMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

#MiteMonday: stretching its skinny legs, a tiny clover mite (_Bryobia_) barely manages to cross a crevasse (to us, a hairline crack) on a tree trunk.

#Mitestodon #DailyMitePic #mites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

#MiteMonday × #LichenSubscribe: on a warm (~5°C+) winter day, tiny clover mites (_Bryobia_) stream up and down a lichen-covered tree trunk.

#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #CloverMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

@frankashwood For #MiteMonday (it's still Monday here): what could be more festive than red and green?

#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae #Eriophyidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

@frankashwood For #MiteMonday (it's still Monday here): what could be more festive than red and green?

#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae #Eriophyidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

@frankashwood For #MiteMonday (it's still Monday here): what could be more festive than red and green?

#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae #Eriophyidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

@frankashwood For #MiteMonday (it's still Monday here): what could be more festive than red and green?

#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae #Eriophyidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

@frankashwood For #MiteMonday (it's still Monday here): what could be more festive than red and green?

#Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae #Eriophyidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

WE GOT YOBES

(_Bryobia_ clover mites, that is. They like it cold and disappear entirely during the hot months. I've seen them in early spring, but this is the first time I've noticed them in the fall! They were crawling all over the weeping willow trees down by the lake.)

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #CloverMites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

Let's check in on the local mites.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Anystidae #Trombidiidae #Tetranychidae #Bdellidae #macro

#MiteMonday: clearing out old photos from my phone—this is from April, can't remember if I've posted it here. Behind a spiderweb covered with young clover mites (_Bryobia_), a red velvet mite (_Allothrombium_) ponderously makes its way up a tree.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae #Trombidiidae

For this #MiteMonday: while watching the vast clover mite rookeries, I saw tiny juvenile whirligig mites racing around, feeding on the eggs right under the clover mites' noses!

#MiteBehaviour, especially between different taxa, is endlessly fascinating to me (as you may have guessed.)

https://youtu.be/AOWPA-WkONg

#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Anystidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae #macro

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.

https://youtu.be/ehm_G14WEkI

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

went out for a walk even though it was cold and at the last tree just before i was about to go home i think i sAW ANYSTIDS EATING CLOVER MITE EGGS??!? will upload video but in meanwhile here's a picture

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Anystidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

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