[To the tune of Oasis' "(What's the Story) Morning Glory"] 🎶 Where's your anus, winter oat mite? 🎶

Maybe they don't all have dorsal anuses? Or they only develop it at a certain life stage? Or this is actually a different group altogether.

:inaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/153533846

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#MiteMonday: up by the silos and the remains of the Wilderness Adventure Ride at Ontario Place, I found this earth mite (family #Penthaleidae)! Perhaps a winter oat mite, _Penthaleus major_?

The pore on its back is its anus.

:inaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/150408071

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