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small mite - Bryobia
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

small mite - Bryobia
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 30, 2007
Size: .5mm
Contributed by tom murray on 31 May, 2007 - 7:34pm
Last updated 9 September, 2009 - 8:19pm

Moved
Moved from Bryobiinae.
… tom murray, 9 September, 2009 - 8:19pm

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
… Heather Proctor, 9 September, 2009 - 8:51am

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