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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Eleutherengona » Raphignathina » Eriophyoidea » Gall mites (Eriophyidae) » Vasates » Maple Bladdergall Mite (Vasates quadripedes)
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Maple Gall Mite (Vasates Quadripedes) - Vasates quadripedes
Copyright © 2006 Sean Kelleher

Maple Gall Mite (Vasates Quadripedes) - Vasates quadripedes
Belle River/ In the back yard on a Sugar Maple (Hard Maple), Essex, Ontario, Canada
May 10, 2006
Size: 1-3mm
It seems they anchor on the leaves on the inner part of the braches for protection from other insects, perhaps even from the sun. Notice how the mites are all near the veins of the leaf.
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Contributed by Sean Kelleher on 10 May, 2006 - 9:42pm
Last updated 16 August, 2008 - 2:43pm

Moved
Moved from galls.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 August, 2008 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

May I ask how you identified these?
I found this website for Vasates quadripedes, although the galls look a bit more globular than yours. I don't know if there are other possibilities, but if you are reasonably confident of the ID these can be moved to where we have another image on this site here. With your permission, I'd like to crop this photo to show the sharper details of the galls at back, and remove some of the front area, though.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 12 May, 2006 - 8:53am login or register to post comments

 
Was any information found abo
Was any information found about these? Can we move this to the gall page, or should we frass this one?
… gehan gehale, 8 August, 2006 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

 
Let's move to galls
- I'm sure we're going to get more confident about these later, and we know the host for this, which will help. I'll move it now.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 11 August, 2006 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

 
No problem, Did the owner eve
No problem, Did the owner ever get back to you about cropping that image? It's huge!
… gehan gehale, 12 August, 2006 - 3:00am login or register to post comments

 
Not so much the size
it was the out of focus foreground that was bothering me. I've cropped it to show the sharply focussed galls that were in the background more clearly.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 12 August, 2006 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

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