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Photo#114318
small mite - Bryobia

small mite - Bryobia
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 30, 2007
Size: .5mm

Moved
Moved from Bryobiinae.

Bryobiinae
Hi Tom:

Nice photo! These little mites aren't easy to photograph, and you've got good detail on the dorsal setation. It belongs to the tetranychid subfamily Bryobiinae, most likely the genus Bryobia, and possibly B. praetiosa (the 'clover mite' - details about ecology here: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN776).

Cheers,
Heather

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