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Mite? on bag-worm on milkweed
Copyright © 2007 Beatriz Moisset

Mite? on bag-worm on milkweed
Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 15, 2007
Size: 2-3 mm.
This creature was sitting on the back of a case-bearer that was firmly anchored to the underside of a milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) leaf. Southeastern PA
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Southeastern PA

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Mite? on bag-worm on milkweed Mite? on bag-worm on milkweed
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 15 June, 2007 - 7:18pm
Last updated 29 December, 2018 - 9:17am

Yes
Erythraeid mite
… Jim McClarin, 16 June, 2007 - 4:58am

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