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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
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Another Hitchhiking Critter
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Another Hitchhiking Critter
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
June 25, 2009
Last night I submitted a photo of one of these, which I found when viewing a photo of a moth I had taken. I hadn't noticed it when shooting the moth.

I just found another when, again, viewing another photo of a different kind of moth. I can tell it's a similar kind of creature from the color and its long legs, but what is it?

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Another Hitchhiking Critter Another Hitchhiking Critter - Eulithis
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 5 July, 2009 - 12:40pm
Last updated 30 December, 2015 - 5:30pm

Moved
Moved from diversilineata or gracilineata.
… John R. Maxwell, 30 December, 2015 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, didn't mean to move this.
.
… Kyhl Austin, 30 December, 2015 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Erythraeidae.
… Kyhl Austin, 24 December, 2015 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Ashley Bradford, 14 July, 2009 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

moth parasite
This is a parasitic mite in the family Erythraeidae, possibly the genus Callidosoma, which includes specialist parasites of Lepidoptera.
… Barry M. OConnor, 14 July, 2009 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Aha -
Something about it didn't look too friendly - I think the head just looks too dug in for it to be just hitching a ride. Thanks!
… Ashley Bradford, 14 July, 2009 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

The previous
hitchhiker:

… Ashley Bradford, 5 July, 2009 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

 
a mite
some kind of mite, but I don't know what type
… Nina, 5 July, 2009 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

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