neville park · @nev
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#MiteMonday: I was taking a photo of this red velvet mite (family Trombidiidae) when I noticed something on its butt. To my great surprise, it was another mite—a mesostigmatid, which are often hitchhikers on other arthropods. I haven't seen anything similar on trombidiids before, to my knowledge. Anyone know what's going on here?
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae #Mesostigmata #phoresy
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neville park · @nev
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This pair grappled hanging off the edge of a piece of bark, a scene fit for an action movie, if the stars were walking cushions. The fight ended when one already battle-scarred participant fell to the bark below and scrambled off.
#ArthroBeauty #InverteFest #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae #macro
#arthrobeauty #InverteFest #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #trombidiidae #macro
neville park · @nev
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MITE FIGHTS MITE FIGHTS
_Allothrombium_ red velvet mites, more peanut-shaped than their _Trombidium_ cousins, are known as "sumo mites" because of their pugnacity in mating season. The males defend little patches of territory against all comers before depositing spermatophores for females to pick up. This behaviour is described in Moss 1960: https://sci-hub.se/10.4039/Ent92898-12 :scihub:
#ArthroBeauty #InverteFest #Mitestodon #DailyMitePic #arachnids #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae #macro
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neville park · @nev
806 followers · 3303 posts · Server flipping.rocksPOV: you're a sumo mite (Allothrombium sp.) and you want to FIGHT EVERYONE, unfortunately, you are a big soft squishy pillow that is completely blind
#InverteFest #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae
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neville park · @nev
789 followers · 3145 posts · Server flipping.rocksThis one red velvet mite was very interested in a small insect pupa of some kind. https://youtu.be/TxRUAw3pqkA
#DailyMitePic #DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #mites #Acari #Trombidiidae #Allothrombium #RedVelvetMites #macro
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neville park · @nev
789 followers · 3144 posts · Server flipping.rocksEnjoy 1:45 of red velvet mites (Trombidiidae) bumbling around in the leaf litter while a band jams in the background and _Lasius_(?) ants industriously excavate.
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neville park · @nev
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To my surprise, last week I found some red velvet mites (_Allothrombium_) out and about, albeit very slow, at the roots of the river birch in Trinity-Bellwoods!
#DailyMitePic #Trombidiidae #Allothrombium #arachnids #mites #Mitestodon
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neville park · @nev
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Australia's red velvet mites—!!!
All photos :inaturalist: :CreativeCommons: :
- rjennion https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136400586
- Cheryl Macaulay https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31472656
- jtweed https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35281735
- stuart_tarwin https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146707288
#arachnids #mites #Trombidiidae #iNaturalist #WildOz #Australia
#arachnids #mites #trombidiidae #inaturalist #WildOz #australia