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Mite with Mites
Copyright © 2012 Sean McVey

Mite with Mites
Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
October 20, 2012
I've found a bunch of those medium sized mites in my compost pile over the past summer, yesterday was the first time I ever bothered photographing them. They're about the size of those round red mites found on daddy long leg legs.

Found in this amazing Microhabitat:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/735346
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Contributed by Sean McVey on 21 October, 2012 - 10:00am
Last updated 5 January, 2013 - 12:25pm

Could you crop this closer to the bug?
This is an interesting shot, and it'd be nice if people could see more of the detail. Thanks!
… Even Dankowicz, 17 May, 2015 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

probably Histiostomatidae
Hi Sean:

My guess is numerous deutonymphal histiostomatids (Acariformes: Astigmata: Histiostomatidae) hitching a ride on a uropodine mite (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata: Uropodina). Hard to tell without closer views, though.

Cheers,
Heather
… Heather Proctor, 21 October, 2012 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

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