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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Anystae » Anystoidea » Whirligig Mites (Anystidae) » Anystinae » Whirligig Mites (Anystis)
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Unknown - Chigger? - Anystis
Copyright © 2007 Perry Babin

Unknown - Chigger? - Anystis
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
Size: <1mm
Can this be ID'd at this low resolution?

Thanks in advance.
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Contributed by Perry Babin on 31 March, 2007 - 7:18pm
Last updated 19 July, 2010 - 1:49pm

Moved
Moved from Whirligig Mites.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 July, 2010 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Jim McClarin, 4 November, 2009 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Anystidae
whirligig mite
… Ray Fisher, 4 November, 2009 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

My guess
is a six-legged immature mite. I'd put it in Acari.
… Jim McClarin, 31 March, 2007 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Good call!
Great call, Jim. I always have to remember the juvenile mite exception to the rule that "arachnids have eight legs, insects have six.":-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 April, 2007 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

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