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Mite - Balaustium
Copyright © 2008 Peter Cristofono

Mite - Balaustium
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 15, 2008
Size: tiny, ~ 1 mm
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 15 May, 2008 - 4:10pm
Last updated 8 July, 2010 - 6:46pm

Moved
Thank you Ray for the detailed info.

Moved from Erythraeidae.
… Peter Cristofono, 8 July, 2010 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

Move
Balaustium. Those knob-like things on the dorsum that look like eyes are actually sensory structures called urnulae... a characteristic specific to Balaustium. They are often not visible, but some other BG contributors have captured them too. The true eyes (two pairs) are located just below the urnulae.
… Ray Fisher, 8 July, 2010 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Erythraeoidea.
… Peter Cristofono, 15 August, 2009 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

Erythraeidae
This is an erythraeid.
… Ray Fisher, 14 August, 2009 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

Superfamily Erythraeoidea
Can't help beyond that though... Wish I knew because there are similar ones here.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/91185/bgimage?from=24
… Jonas Insinga, 15 May, 2008 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks Jonas
… Peter Cristofono, 15 May, 2008 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

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