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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Oribatids (Oribatida) » Poronota » Galumnoidea
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Mite with something inside
Copyright © 2012 Charley Eiseman

Mite with something inside
Butter Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 10, 2011
I'm curious about the whitish object in the front half of this mite's body. It reminds me a bit of the things in this ant that I believe to be liver flukes, but I presume this is something totally unrelated.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 January, 2012 - 12:03pm
Last updated 5 January, 2012 - 10:39pm

The way that the white thing
The way that the white thing distorts when the mite shifts angle seems potentially suspicious-- could it be some sort of reflection?
… Even Dankowicz, 17 May, 2015 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't know...
It seems very matte, in contrast to those white reflections from the flash.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 May, 2015 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Ray Fisher, 5 January, 2012 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

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