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hairy little mite
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

hairy little mite
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 7, 2009
This mite was on this Horned Powder-post Beetle.
Contributed by tom murray on 9 June, 2009 - 9:42pm
Last updated 14 July, 2009 - 7:55pm

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks. BugGuide is following this taxonomy.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 July, 2009 - 7:55pm

Cheyletidae mite
This is a predatory mite in the family Cheyletidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Raphignathae). Females in this family are often phoretic on insects.
… Barry M. OConnor, 14 July, 2009 - 4:38pm

looks tyroglyphoid...ish
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… v belov, 9 June, 2009 - 9:46pm

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