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Another Velvet Mite - Trombidium
Copyright © 2014 Ashley Bradford

Another Velvet Mite - Trombidium
Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum Park, West Friendship, Howard County, Maryland, USA
April 26, 2014
Size: 2mm
And fangs! Yikes! I didn't know they had fangs! Can they piece human skin?

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 7 May, 2014 - 3:32pm
Last updated 7 June, 2015 - 7:33am

Moved
Moved from Allothrombium.
… Ray Fisher, 7 June, 2015 - 7:33am

Moved
Moved from true velvet mites.
… Ray Fisher, 7 June, 2015 - 7:13am

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