neville park · @nev
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#MiteMonday: It's crowded in the garden during Peak Anystid! Yesterday I saw a whirligig mite (family Anystidae) eating a small plant bug (family Miridae) when a second mite came along and had a bite. The first mite stopped feeding, but did keep one foot on the bug, as if to call dibs. It wasn't long before a third mite happened upon the kill and also helped itself to the bug.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #MiteBehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #Anystidae #bugs #insects #Miridae
#MiteMonday #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mitebehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #anystidae #bugs #insects #miridae
neville park · @nev
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Just in under the wire for #MiteMonday: long-legged velvet mites (family Erythraeidae, probably _Balaustium_) feeding on pollen which I believe fell off a honey locust tree?
#ArthroBeauty #Mitestodon #MiteBehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #Erythraeidae #macro
#MiteMonday #arthrobeauty #Mitestodon #mitebehaviour #arachnids #mites #Acari #erythraeidae #macro