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Photo#322775
Acariformes 7.21.09 01

Acariformes 7.21.09 01
Curlew, Ferry County, Washington, USA
July 21, 2009
A solitary mite found in the lawn in front of Stotts Stage in Curlew

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Moved from ID Request.

Erythraeidae
Hi Karl:

It is an erythraeid velvet mite (within the cohort Parasitengona), possibly a Balaustium species but hard to tell.

Cheers,
Heather

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