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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Erythraeina » Long-Legged Velvet Mites (Erythraeoidea) » Erythraeidae » Balaustiinae » Sidewalk Mites (Balaustium)
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Mites on Clarkia flower in El Dorado Nat'l Forest May, 2013 - Balaustium
Copyright © 2013 Gail Fulbeck

Mites on Clarkia flower in El Dorado Nat'l Forest May, 2013 - Balaustium
Off Icehouse Road on lava cap soils, El Dorado County, California, USA
May 1, 2013
Apologies for not getting a closer view of the mites; the photographer is a flower person!

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Mites on Clarkia flower in El Dorado Nat'l Forest May, 2013 - Balaustium Mites on Clarkia flower in El Dorado Nat'l Forest May, 2013 - Balaustium
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Contributed by Gail Fulbeck on 18 May, 2013 - 9:32am
Last updated 13 June, 2013 - 7:27pm

Biting Balaustium?
Has anyone heard of these or other velvet mites biting people? I had some crawling on me today in a raspberry patch and after I brushed them off, there was a very pronounced 'stinging nettle' sensation in the places they'd been. There were no noticeable marks and the stinging lasted about an hour.
… Jherek BV Silber, 9 June, 2015 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 13 June, 2013 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

Erythraeidae
These are erythraeid mites in the genus Balaustium. Once the borders are removed I can move them to the appropriate guide page.
… Ray Fisher, 27 May, 2013 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

Borders
Please note the instructions on every image submission form "For consistency, please do not include any borders or other decorations around your image."

Also, all images should be cropped to "just the bug".

You can click "edit" to upload appropriate replacement images.
… John R. Maxwell, 18 May, 2013 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

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