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Spider [or Mite?] ID Request
Copyright © 2009 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Spider [or Mite?] ID Request
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
August 23, 2009
Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 24 August, 2009 - 4:23pm
Last updated 25 December, 2010 - 2:46pm

Moved
Moved from Long-legged Erythraeidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 December, 2010 - 2:47pm

Moved
Moved from Erythraeidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 December, 2010 - 12:15am

Move
Long-legged erythraeidae
… Ray Fisher, 29 April, 2010 - 3:30pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 13 September, 2009 - 12:30pm

Erythraeidae
Hi Thomas:

I seem to be having a run on your photos! This is a long-legged velvet mite, family Erythraeidae (Parasitengona).

Cheers,
Heather
… Heather Proctor, 13 September, 2009 - 12:08pm

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