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Water Mite
Copyright © 2011 Stephen Luk

Water Mite
Pine Lake, Gravenhurst, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
July 2, 2011
Size: 1.0 mm
So very strange looking from an oblique angle. The larger mite is another example of

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 11 July, 2011 - 6:49pm
Last updated 10 December, 2012 - 8:02am

Moved
Moved from Hydrachnida.
… Ray Fisher, 10 December, 2012 - 8:02am

Moved
Moved from Hydrachnidiae.
… Ray Fisher, 10 December, 2012 - 7:37am

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