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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Mesostigs (Mesostigmata) » Parasitina » Parasitoidea » Parasitidae » images ID'd by D.E. Walter as Parasitidae
Photo#93211
Reddish Mite
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Reddish Mite
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
January 20, 2007
Size: 1.5mm or a tiny bit less

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 20 January, 2007 - 5:46pm
Last updated 5 July, 2011 - 11:32pm

Parasitidae adult --det. D.E. Walter
Moved from Pergamasinae.
… v belov, 5 July, 2011 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mesostigmata.
… v belov, 24 May, 2011 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

This looks like a male Pergamasid
Common in forest soils/leaf litter
… Clive Bowman, 20 July, 2009 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

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
… Jim McClarin, 5 February, 2007 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Jim McClarin, 5 February, 2007 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

focusing trick
Hi Cheryl,
When using automatic focus on small critters that are on a high-contrast or textured background I often pull my camera back a millimeter or two once the focus locks in. That's because it is more apt to lock onto the background than the subject.
… Jim McClarin, 20 January, 2007 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I actually did that, but I misjudged because it was moving constantly.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 20 January, 2007 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
now that I look again I see that nothing is in really good focus, so it must be camera motion in addition to mite motion. An easy (but expensive) way to fix that is to get and use a closeup flash system -- either a twin flash or ring flash. Then you can shoot at much faster speeds that freeze all motion.
… Jim McClarin, 20 January, 2007 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

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