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Photo#86732
Small red mite

Small red mite
Irvine Park, under bark, Orange County, California, USA
November 11, 2006
Size: ~1MM

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Small red mite Small red mite

Moved
Moved from Erythracarinae.

Moved
Moved from Whirligig Mites.

Great photo!
This is 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. The subfamily is Erythracarinae. I believe it was named for their superficial resemblance to erythraeids. There are only three photos of erythracarines on BG, two of yours, and #68537.

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.

Anystoidea, Anystidae
Images 89116 & 86732 - Anystoidea, Anystidae

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

Moved
Moved from Mites.

 
Mite
Moved to where?

 
From mites to mites :-)
Sorry for the confusion but it was moved as part of my reorganization of the mites section. Acari is now a subclass. You can always tell where an image is located by the taxonomic string above the image.

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Beautiful mite and beautiful images!

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