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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Trombidiina » Velvet Mites and Chiggers (Trombidioidea) » true velvet mites (Trombidiidae) » Trombidium
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Large Red Mites - Trombidium
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Large Red Mites - Trombidium
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 10, 2007
Size: 1/10 inch
I know nothing about mites except these were fair size and bright red and really active.
Found under a rock.
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 10 April, 2007 - 1:32pm
Last updated 7 June, 2015 - 7:22am

Moved
Moved from true velvet mites.
… Ray Fisher, 7 June, 2015 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Trombidioidea.
… Ray Fisher, 19 July, 2012 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

Velvety red mites
can be found in several related families.
… Jim McClarin, 11 April, 2007 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Velvet Mites.
… Jim McClarin, 11 April, 2007 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Velvet Mites
It looks like these are velvet mites, Trombidiidae. I'm no mite expert so I'm not certain beyond that.
… Jason D. Roberts, 10 April, 2007 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

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