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Photo#73370
Is this a mite? - male

Is this a mite? - Male
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
August 15, 2006
Size: 1.2mm
Found under a log.

Parasitidae, male --det. D.E. Walter
Moved from Mesostigmata.

likely Mesostigmata
Most of the brownish, sclerotized mites belong to the Order
Mesostigmata but it is obviously difficult to distinguish families from photos.

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

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.

Moved
Moved from Mites.

mite
Looks like a predaceous mite to me. There are a couple of common families of predaceous mites, Phytoseiidae and Typhlodromatidae.

 
Thanks Ronald
for confirming the order, and giving a couple of families it could be.

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