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tiny, tiny, tiny, red mite - Eustigmaeus
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

tiny, tiny, tiny, red mite - Eustigmaeus
Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: about 0.28 mm
Collected December 31 by sifting hand-shredded moss, wood, and fungus samples gathered December 9 from wooded area. Those are millimeter marks in the background, not skid marks on my snowy driveway. Despite this mite's eye-catching color, I don't think I would have spotted something that small and slow-moving had I not been peering through my camera lens at 22x.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 31 December, 2006 - 11:02pm
Last updated 25 February, 2007 - 6:36pm

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Jim McClarin, 25 February, 2007 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

You should have asked Santa
for a microscope for Christmas:-)
… Ron Hemberger, 1 January, 2007 - 12:37am login or register to post comments

 
I do have a 25x macroscope from BioQuip
but it is so tedious to use and the results have been so abominable that I rarely use it even just to have a look at things. This tiny guy was so slow, however, that it just may be worth a try. Thanks for the idea.
… Jim McClarin, 1 January, 2007 - 6:18am login or register to post comments

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