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Other Arthropods (non~insect, non~spider)
Acari
Acari (Mites and Ticks)
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Acari
(Mites and Ticks)
24 Apr 2025
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Found on a small carpenter bee (Ceratina sp.). Lenth ~ 0.3 mm\r\n\r\nSennertia or Dinogamasus?
Oribatida
(Beetle Mites)
5 Feb 2023
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in the water drained from a potted orchid. ~ 0.4 mm
Acari
(Mites and Ticks)
1 Jul 2021
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Mites on the Picnic Beetle (Glischrochilus fasciatus)
Dermacentor
sp.
(Dermacentor)
28 Jun 2018
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5 mm\r\nProbably picked up at the University of Idaho Arboretum when I visited today
Balaustium
sp.
(Sidewalk Mites)
17 Jun 2017
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~ 1 mm On Snow in Summer (Cerastium tomentosum) flowers
BugGuide ID
Possibly Balaustium (Erythraeidae), as it looks very much like this photo: https://bugguide.net/node/view/922372
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