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Photo#239188
red mite - Calyptostoma

red mite - Calyptostoma
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
April 5, 2008
Size: 2 mm
Found in the soggy leaf litter & debris covering the marshy banks of a pond in down town Durham.

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Moved from Mites and Ticks.

Calyptostoma
I'm pretty sure this a a Calyptostoma. Their mouth parts are more covered than the trombidiids and they tend to be found in moist marshy habitats.

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