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Mites eating my Oxalis - Petrobia harti
Copyright © 2011 Kathie Hodge

Mites eating my Oxalis - Petrobia harti
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, USA
September 3, 2011
Size: less than 1 mm
These small red mites are abundant on the weedy Oxalis stricta in my yard. The leaves are silvered with tiny pock marks.

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Contributed by Kathie Hodge on 15 September, 2011 - 6:00pm
Last updated 23 September, 2011 - 2:43pm

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If Petrobia mites are found o
If Petrobia mites are found on Oxalis stricta, does that provide enough information to assume this species identification?
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