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Photo#511585
Copyright © 2011
Dorothy E. Pugh
Elongated mite -
Leptus
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
April 3, 2011
Size: 5 mm long
I first noticed an unfamiliar long, skinny red thing on a cattail leaf. It was definitely not a typical velvet mite.
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Contributed by
Dorothy E. Pugh
on 3 May, 2011 - 8:25pm
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Ray Fisher
, 3 May, 2011 - 9:24pm
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Resembles Leptus
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John F. Carr
, 3 May, 2011 - 8:56pm
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Ken Wolgemuth
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