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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Trombidiina » Velvet Mites and Chiggers (Trombidioidea) » true velvet mites (Trombidiidae) » giant velvet mites (Dinothrombium)
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Mite Family? - Dinothrombium
Copyright © 2010 Joni Johnson

Mite Family? - Dinothrombium
Taken 8 miles east of Sunizona, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 30, 2010
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Contributed by Joni Johnson on 31 July, 2010 - 12:02pm
Last updated 23 September, 2011 - 2:48pm

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… Ray Fisher, 23 September, 2011 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 31 July, 2010 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

Velvet Mite (Trombidiidae)
Here's a similar one, also from AZ:



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… Ken Wolgemuth, 31 July, 2010 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Velvet Mite
Thanks Ken! Sure are some interesting bugs. I actually think this is a neat one! I also have, a really nice tarantula photo that I took last year after a big rain. Water sure brings out the bugs!
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