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Allothrombium
Photo#13660
Copyright © 2005
Jay Cossey
Velvet Mite -
Allothrombium
Ohio, USA
March 18, 2005
Size: mite sized
Are there many sp. of Velvet Mites? Can they be distinguished by photos like this?
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Contributed by
Jay Cossey
on 26 March, 2005 - 11:37am
Last updated 29 December, 2006 - 5:56am
Moved
Moved from
Velvet Mites
.
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Jim McClarin
, 29 December, 2006 - 5:56am
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Allothrombium
ID by mite specialist Dr. Joanna Makol, Agricultural University, Wroclaw, Poland.
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Jim McClarin
, 29 December, 2006 - 5:55am
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I agree
I agree with Tony, excellent texture and detail.
On ID, given Lynette's comment, I suspect we will all have to wait for a Velvet Mite expert to visit the site!
--Stephen
Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
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Stephen_WV
, 27 March, 2005 - 5:41am
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According to the Golden Guide -
Spiders and their kin, there are several thousand species of Velvet mites.
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Lynette Elliott
, 26 March, 2005 - 5:40pm
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That's global.
The Golden Guide is global, so that figure is for the world, and as far as I know, the tropical fauna is way more diverse than our temperate fauna.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 28 March, 2005 - 5:35pm
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WOW!
Beautiful photographs Jay, I love the dragonfly nymphs too!
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Tony DiTerlizzi
, 26 March, 2005 - 1:01pm
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