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Velvet Mites and Chiggers (Trombidioidea)
Photo#968979
Copyright © 2014
tom murray
spider covered with mites
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 31, 2014
This is the most mites I've ever seen on a spider.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 31 July, 2014 - 9:54pm
Last updated 1 August, 2014 - 7:47pm
Cool!
Nice find! I don't suppose you still have the specimen? Maybe even alive??? I'd love to rear these to the next stage and see what they are!
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Ray Fisher
, 1 August, 2014 - 7:48pm
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I let it go
If I find another one I'll save it for you.
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tom murray
, 1 August, 2014 - 7:55pm
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Moved
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Ray Fisher
, 1 August, 2014 - 7:47pm
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