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Irridescent black and red mites - Penthaleus major
Copyright © 2015 BeeStreet

Irridescent black and red mites - Penthaleus major
Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
March 12, 2015
There were two individuals. Not sure if I got the same one in both of the pictures, or if I got one picture of one and one picture of the other.

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Irridescent black and red mites - Penthaleus major Irridescent black and red mites - Penthaleus major
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Contributed by BeeStreet on 12 March, 2015 - 7:02pm
Last updated 13 March, 2015 - 10:19am

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… Ray Fisher, 13 March, 2015 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

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… Even Dankowicz, 12 March, 2015 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

Penthaleus major…
Has the olive-black body, red-orange legs and mouthparts, white eye spots (behind the second pair of legs), and, of course, the dorsal anus. In this species, the first and fourth pairs of legs are also longer than the middle pairs. Nice.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 12 March, 2015 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ross!
:)
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