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mite - Balaustium
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

mite - Balaustium
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 26, 2010
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Contributed by tom murray on 26 August, 2010 - 11:48pm
Last updated 27 August, 2010 - 5:08pm

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
Thanks Ray, do you want me to save this one for you?
… tom murray, 27 August, 2010 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Nope
But thanks anyway! This is the only genus of velvet mite in which I'm not that interested. Quite unfortunate too... because they're the most commonly found. Not commonly found missing that many legs though :)
… Ray Fisher, 27 August, 2010 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll let it go
It wasn't missing legs, it was just waking up from being chilled in the fridge, and some of the legs were still curled up.
… tom murray, 27 August, 2010 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

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Erythraeidae: Balaustium
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