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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Eupodina » Bdelloidea » Snout Mites (Bdellidae)
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Pointed Mite
Copyright © 2014 Steve McKechnie

Pointed Mite
White Fox, Torch River, Saskatchewan, Canada
October 10, 2014
Size: Total length ~1.5 mm
May have been on a Cola Lilly, or the board it was laying on.
Image quality may identify it as Frass. Thank you for your time.

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Contributed by Steve McKechnie on 10 October, 2014 - 4:25pm
Last updated 11 October, 2014 - 4:49pm

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 October, 2014 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved
Thank's again Ken
… Steve McKechnie, 11 October, 2014 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

Bdellidae
Hi Steve:

This is a snout mite, Bdellidae (in the Prostigmata). Bdellids are predators of other small arthropods.

Cheers,
Heather
… Heather Proctor, 11 October, 2014 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Snout mite
Thank you Heather.
The first time I noticed one of these.
So many arthropods eating other arthropods, I question the value of pesticides.
… Steve McKechnie, 11 October, 2014 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 October, 2014 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

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