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Photo#68537
Some kind of mite or lice?

Some kind of mite or lice?
Denver, Colorado, USA
July 1, 2006

Moved
Moved from Erythracarinae.

Moved
Moved from Whirligig Mites.

Move: Erythracarinae
This is probably an erythracarine; a rarely collected anystid subfamily. They like open, hot areas... and (like anystines) are super fast, difficult to catch, and even more difficult to photograph.

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.

likely anystid nymph
Image 68537 - Probably an immature of Anystidae.

Dr. Eddie Ueckermann
Plant Protection Research Institute
Queenswood
Pretoria
South Africa

Moved
Moved from Mites.

Mite.
Looks like a juvenile mite, at least a few of which have only six legs! Moving to page for Acari.

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