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Rake-Legged Mites (Caeculidae)
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Tobias Hays
Cauculidae
North of Steinaker Lake, Uintah County, Utah, USA
April 20, 2020
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Tobias Hays
on 21 April, 2020 - 3:09am
Last updated 25 April, 2020 - 11:58pm
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 25 April, 2020 - 1:44pm
Prostigmata: Caeculidae
Not oribatids, but something more interesting (to me, at any rate!). These are rake-legged mites (Caeculidae), which are sit-and-wait predators of other small arthropods.
Cheers,
Heather
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Heather Proctor
, 25 April, 2020 - 1:10pm
Thanks
I would have to agree! I got really excited to see these little beauties, and I remembered seeing photos of them somewhere before but I didn't remember.
Thanks for the help!
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Tobias Hays
, 26 April, 2020 - 12:00am
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