Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Trombidiina » Hydrachnidia - Water Mites » Hydrachnoidea » Hydrachnidae » Hydrachna
Photo#53936
Short-legged Water Mite - Hydrachna
Copyright © 2006 Stephen_WV

Short-legged Water Mite - Hydrachna
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
May 25, 2006
Looked like an English pea swimming. Was about 2/3rds the size of an English pea. I think I have the ID right, a water mite, though I notice the legs seemed shorter on mine than on the mites shown in other people's postings.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 26 May, 2006 - 7:59am
Last updated 2 January, 2007 - 6:50pm

Moved
Moved from Hydrachnoidea.
… Jim McClarin, 2 January, 2007 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

likely Hydrachna sp. (Hydrachnidae)
Just an educated guess since details of the genital region are not visible:

- 'short-legged' looks like a Hydrachna sp. (Hydrachnidae)

Dr. Heather Proctor
Microarthropod Laboratory, Earth Sciences Building 1-44
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9
homepage: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/faculty/heather_proctor/
… Jim McClarin, 2 January, 2007 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Water Mites.
… Jim McClarin, 1 January, 2007 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact