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Photo#1320605
Unknown Mite

Unknown Mite
Naples , Collier County, Florida, USA
November 15, 2016
Size: .4 mm
This mite was living in leaf litter beneath a sand live oak tree. The last image of the four shows what looks like a piece of armor above the eyes.

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Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.

 
Thanks
for your help with this one. It has a very strange piece of armor that appears to be a triangular, nose-like extension of the rostrum with horns on each side. Have you seen this before?

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