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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Mesostigs (Mesostigmata) » Dermanyssina » Rhodacaroidea » Digamasellidae » Dendrolaelaps
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Mite ID - Dendrolaelaps
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Mite ID - Dendrolaelaps
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
November 2, 2008
Size: ~1.5 mm (body length)
With Collembola friend.
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Contributed by Scott Justis on 5 November, 2008 - 10:19am
Last updated 14 July, 2009 - 9:16pm

Moved
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… Scott Justis, 14 July, 2009 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

Dendrolaelaps
The mite is probably a species of Dendrolaelaps (Acari: Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata: Digamasellidae). This is a very diverse genus of predatory, subcortical mites whose deutonymphs are phoretic on a variety of insects.
… Barry M. OConnor, 14 July, 2009 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you...
for the ID and the help with identification of many of my other mite images.
… Scott Justis, 14 July, 2009 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

cute
What a cute picture. They're almost holding hands. I've often wondered why they don't make collembolan stuffed animals.

I'm immensely enjoying your recent work. I'm anxiously awaiting your first litter histerid or dasytine ant.
… Jeff Gruber, 5 November, 2008 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Some of the globular springtails look like little cartoon characters. I had found a lot of those last year, but didn't have the gear to get good close ups.

I found one of these in the litter today....


I've never seen one of those little ants. Wow, they look like tiny living fossils. I'm having a great time sifting through the litter. There really is a universe under your feet. Kind of interesting, I was doing long exposure photography with my telescope shooting very tiny faint galaxies a number of years ago. Now I'm searching for tiny mites and such. A cosmic zoom in reverse :^)
… Scott Justis, 5 November, 2008 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

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