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Photo#92567
rangy light red mite

rangy light red mite
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
January 7, 2007
Size: body about 1.1 mm
I would think the combination of body shape, granulate texture and relative leg dimensions ought to help pin this down to genus.

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Fessonia
I was looking through a book from the University's of New Hampshire's biology/science library and found a mite called Fessonia lappacea that seemed very similar to this mite.
Same species/genus?

I couldn't find an image on line, but Wikipedia does have an entry for the genus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fessonia

 
It beats me.
I got a load of specialists to help pin down our growing collection of mite photos but they obviously regarded it as a one-time favor as few if any have helped out since. At some point I guess I should ask them to look over the later arrivals.

Hey!
I just found a couple of these guys, my self, here in Durham.
I'm from Nashua, too. :D

 
Yes,
I noticed your mites and other stuff. Nice comments on others' images also. If you'd like to go collecting when you're back home sometime, let me know.

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