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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
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Parasite on moths
Copyright © 2015 digginflowers

Parasite on moths
Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 17, 2015
For the past couple months I have been finding these small red parasites on moths. I would be interested in the ID for the parasite.
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Contributed by digginflowers on 17 July, 2015 - 2:24pm
Last updated 29 July, 2015 - 5:47pm

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… Ray Fisher, 29 July, 2015 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Erythraeidae
Definitely and erythraeid, but without a specimen it cannot be identified further. That said, although many other erythraeids also parasitize moths, moth-parasitizing genera that are most commonly encountered are two callidosomatines: Callidosoma and Charletonia.
… Ray Fisher, 29 July, 2015 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Velvet Mite
They are larvae of velvet mites, Parasitengona, another may be able to narrow further.

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… Jeff Brown, 17 July, 2015 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
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