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Copyright © 2006 Joyce Gross

mites
Sunol Regional Park, Sunol, Alameda County, California, USA
May 27, 2006
Same type of mites as these and these, found on another Temnoscheila sp. leg. The only difference between these mites and the others is that these mites are facing away from each other, whereas on the other beetle the mites were all lined up in formation, facing the same way. :)
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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 12 March, 2007 - 3:07am
Last updated 2 September, 2008 - 12:39am

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Joyce Gross, 2 September, 2008 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

Phoretic deutonymphs in the M
Phoretic deutonymphs in the Mesostigmata infraorder Sejina. Possibly the genus Uropodella; these aren't seen too often - nice photo! - Barry
… Barry M. OConnor, 28 August, 2008 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks Barry
Glad to have some info on these mites!
… Joyce Gross, 2 September, 2008 - 12:42am login or register to post comments

 
yeah it's a really nice in si
yeah it's a really nice in situ photo.
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