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New smallest beetle, plus mites! - Bacanius punctiformis
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

New smallest beetle, plus mites! - Bacanius punctiformis
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
May 14, 2006
Size: approx. .676 - .804 mm
Nice shot of the pygidium (hind end) shape on the histerid.

You'll notice that even mites have mites, to recoin a line from a famous little poem about fleas.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 16 May, 2006 - 8:55pm
Last updated 11 April, 2012 - 12:06pm

Now that is a tiny mite!
Now that is a tiny mite! Along the lines of your poetry quotation, wonder if the mite has any hitchhikers.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 17 May, 2006 - 4:26am login or register to post comments

 
There are limits.
They're in my lens ;-) That tiny pale mite measures .21mm, although it seems even smaller. The big one is about 1.1mm

I've enjoyed seeing your New Mexico images. No doubt I'll get one or two myself in August.
… Jim McClarin, 17 May, 2006 - 4:48am login or register to post comments

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