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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Trombidiina » Hydrachnidia - Water Mites
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Midge eyelash mites
Copyright © 2010 John F. Carr

Midge eyelash mites
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 17, 2010
Size: 0.25 mm
I have seen these a few times before.(1)

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Midge eyelash mites Midge eyelash mite Red-eyed midge - female
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 17 May, 2010 - 9:11pm
Last updated 10 December, 2012 - 8:02am

Moved
Moved from Hydrachnida.
… Ray Fisher, 10 December, 2012 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hydrachnidiae.
… Ray Fisher, 10 December, 2012 - 7:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Parasitengona.
… John R. Maxwell, 27 July, 2010 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

from Heather Proctor:
"Nice photos! And very symmetrically arranged, too. These are indeed Parasitengona larvae, water mites to be specific (Hydrachnididae or whatever it is you call the group in Bugguide). Possibly they belong to the superfamily Hygrobatoidea but that is very very tentative. They are temporary parasites of the midge and will drop off once engorged. If lucky, they will land in the water and will then transform into predatory deutonymphs."
… v belov, 18 May, 2010 - 11:06pm login or register to post comments

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