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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Astigs (Astigmata)
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Acari
Copyright © 2010 Scott Justis

Acari
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA
March 17, 2010
Size: ~0.75mm
Found inside Oecanthinae egg case holes in Prickly Ash twig. Collected by Nancy Collins.
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Contributed by Scott Justis on 19 March, 2010 - 2:18pm
Last updated 22 March, 2010 - 1:01pm

Moved
Moved from Acaridae.
… v belov, 22 March, 2010 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

from Dave & Heather Proctor:
"either Astigmata or a juvenile Oribatida. I also sent this one to Roy [Norton]"
… v belov, 21 March, 2010 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

 
from Heather Proctor:
"Roy Norton says that [this] is an astigmatan but he doesn't know which one."
… v belov, 22 March, 2010 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Acaroidea. Based on ID of another individual found in same clump of prickly ash.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 19 March, 2010 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 19 March, 2010 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Oooooh....great photo
So much more detail on your photo. And the color is truer. Fascinating anatomy. B. O'Connor ID'd this as
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 19 March, 2010 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

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