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Mite - Trombidium

Mite - Trombidium
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
May 5, 2007
Size: 2-3mm
These tiny mites were crawling around in the sand along the edge of a stream. Is anyone able to help narrow down an ID? Microtrombidiidae?

Moved
Moved from true velvet mites.

Moved
Moved from Trombidioidea.

These belong to the family Tr
These belong to the family Trombidiidae.

Small as they are, only immature mites have less than 8 legs (they have 6), therefore these are full grown.

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