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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Erythraeina » Long-Legged Velvet Mites (Erythraeoidea) » Erythraeidae » Balaustiinae » Sidewalk Mites (Balaustium)
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Red Ticks - Balaustium
Copyright © 2008 Mardon Erbland

Red Ticks - Balaustium
47.63040N 52.68746W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 5, 2008
Size: < 1 mm
These 3 photos probably show different individuals. There were quite a few of them crawling on our stone wall in the backyard. They moved quite fast and rarely stopped. They were all very small, probably 0.5 mm or less. Can anyone ID beyond just being a tick?

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 5 July, 2008 - 4:49pm
Last updated 8 July, 2010 - 6:27pm

Moved
Moved from Erythraeidae.
… Mardon Erbland, 8 July, 2010 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

That is a chigger
It's a parasitic mite.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100.html

http://images.google.com/images?q=chigger&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title
… Adrenna, 5 July, 2008 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

 
According to the information
in the first link you give, the only stage of the chigger life cycle that is parasitic is the larval stage, which has only six legs. The mites in these pictures have eight legs. This means that even if they are chiggers (and I don't think they are), they are not the parasitic stage.

There are many different types of small red mites that are not chiggers and are harmless to humans.
… Domingo Zungri, 5 July, 2008 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

its a mite
not a tick. i dont know what species but i often see these bright red mites crawling around too. i dont think they are harmful in anyway. hope this helps a little
… Vespula Vulgaris, 5 July, 2008 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

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