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Photo#15752
Mite

Mite
Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
April 25, 2005
Size: ~1mm
I found this tiny mite crawling very rapidly on the siding of my house. I don't know anything about mites, so any additional info is welcome.

Moved
Moved from Anystidae.

Note:
This bore a mistaken ID for several hours, now fixed :-)

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.

likely Tetranychidae, subfamily Bryobiinae
Images 94455 (probably) & 15752 Tetranychidae, Subfamily Bryobiinae

Dr. Eddie Ueckermann
Plant Protection Research Institute
Queenswood
Pretoria
South Africa

Moved
Moved from Mites.

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