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Photo#99237
slow moving mite - Gymnodamaeus

slow moving mite - Gymnodamaeus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 23, 2007
Size: .8mm

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Moved from Gymnodamaeidae.

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Moved from Gymnodamaeidae.

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Moved from Belbidae.

Gymnodamaeidae
Concerning the Oribatida most names are correct as far as I could see, but the pictures of the last line are not Belbidae, but rather members of the family Gymnodamaeidae (probably Arthrodamaeus but I cannot see the important characters from the fotos).

Dr. Heinrich Schatz
Institut fuer Zoologie und Limnologie
Technikerstr. 25
A-6020 Innsbruck
Austria

Moved
Thanks Jim and Richard!
I'm able to get detailed shots with my new lens that wouldn't have been possible before.

Belbidae (Oribatid mites)
This look of "miniature spider" is fairly typical for this group.

Wow! Great-looking animal.
Tom, you're having way too much fun with that new lens. I may have to splurge and join you :-)

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