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spider mite? - Balaustium
Copyright © 2008 Elizabeth Winthrop

spider mite? - Balaustium
10 miles north of Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri, USA
May 19, 2008
Size: ~1-2 mm
I used a very odd method to get closer to this one. I put my camera to full zoom (32X), and then focused it through my binoculars.... backwards!! A little blurry, but got in much closer than I have previously.
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Contributed by Elizabeth Winthrop on 19 May, 2008 - 7:12pm
Last updated 24 April, 2011 - 7:56am

Moved
Moved from Erythraeidae.
… Ray Fisher, 24 April, 2011 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Acariformes.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 15 August, 2009 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

Erythraeidae
This is an erythraeid.
… Ray Fisher, 14 August, 2009 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
One of the Acariformes but these are very difficult to ID so that is as far as I can go.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 6 July, 2008 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

Good, creative approach.
You might experiment with other non-camera lenses, or see if there are accessory lenses for your camera that go on in front of the built-in lens. This certainly looks like a mite to me.
… Ron Hemberger, 19 May, 2008 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

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