nev , 1 month ago to random #MiteMonday: I think I got a "lifer" family! This flattened, rough-textured, skinny-legged mite seems to belong to the Smarididae, a family closely related to the Erythraeidae. #iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/215133009 :inaturalist: #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Smarididae A side-ish view of the same mite, showing how very flat it is.
#MiteMonday: I think I got a "lifer" family! This flattened, rough-textured, skinny-legged mite seems to belong to the Smarididae, a family closely related to the Erythraeidae.
#iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/215133009 :inaturalist:
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Smarididae
A side-ish view of the same mite, showing how very flat it is.