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Velvet Mite - Allothrombium

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?

Moved
Moved from Velvet Mites.

Allothrombium
ID by mite specialist Dr. Joanna Makol, Agricultural University, Wroclaw, Poland.

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

According to the Golden Guide -
Spiders and their kin, there are several thousand species of Velvet mites.

 
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.

WOW!
Beautiful photographs Jay, I love the dragonfly nymphs too!

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