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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Mesostigs (Mesostigmata) » Dermanyssina » Dermanyssoidea
Photo#1215428
Found on Sofa in Home in New Jersey
Copyright © 2016 William A. Kolbe, BCE

Found on Sofa in Home in New Jersey
Mountainside, Union County, New Jersey, USA
April 26, 2016
Size: 9.1 mm
A customer found this on new furniture
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Contributed by William A. Kolbe, BCE on 26 April, 2016 - 7:38am
Last updated 30 April, 2016 - 1:06pm

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 April, 2016 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

 
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Bill Kolbe
… William A. Kolbe, BCE, 3 May, 2016 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

parasitic dermanyssoid mite
This is a blood feeding mite either from the family Dermanyssidae or Macronyssidae (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssoidea). The furniture may have been stored in a warehouse where there were nesting birds or rodents, and some of their mites ended up on the sofa. Unless the host bird/rodent is also nesting in the sofa, the mites won't maintain a population, but they might irritate the owners by biting them.

If the sofa spent some time in the purchaser's house, it's possible that the mite was actually from the house and not the store/warehouse.
… Heather Proctor, 30 April, 2016 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

 
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Bill Kolbe
… William A. Kolbe, BCE, 3 May, 2016 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 April, 2016 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

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