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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Erythraeina » Long-Legged Velvet Mites (Erythraeoidea) » Erythraeidae » Balaustiinae » Sidewalk Mites (Balaustium)
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Might be mites - Zoomed somewhat - Balaustium
Copyright © 2007 Carl Krucke

Might be mites - Zoomed somewhat - Balaustium
Summerville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA
April 25, 2007
Size: 1 or 2 mm? - very small
1 of 2. Not sure what these are, I'm hoping mites. Seemed too fast for ticks. I was shooting the flower and didn't notice the "residents" until I was reviewing later. This image is the size it came out of the camera, just a crop. There were many of them, and they were moving about rapidly. Unfortunately, when I went back to shoot them on purpose, none of the shots I tried was any better, so this pair is it.

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Might be mites - Best side view - Balaustium Might be mites - Zoomed somewhat - Balaustium
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Contributed by Carl Krucke on 26 April, 2007 - 12:49am
Last updated 20 December, 2015 - 9:27pm

Moved
Moved from Erythraeidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 December, 2010 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

Balaustium
These are probably Balaustium.
… Ray Fisher, 30 April, 2010 - 5:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mesostigmata.
… Carl Krucke, 2 January, 2009 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

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