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Bonus #MiteMonday: a _Balaustium_ sidewalk mite feeding on pollen from a horse-chestnut flower (which I put down to attract them and get photos).

These mites can be found in great numbers this time of year, very visible on surfaces like concrete and bricks, hence the name. As well as pollen and sap I've seen them feeding on dead bugs. Some are purely raspberry-red, others have this longer white coat or just white patches, others have a gorgeous blue-green iridescent sheen.

The pair of red protuberances are not eyes but special structures called urnulae, which secrete various useful substances like a defensive chemical/alarm pheromone, and a "waterproofing" compound that prevents their cuticle from drying out (useful as they spend a lot of time running around in the sun).

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acariformes #Erythraeidae

A dark red mite with long legs and a short white velvety coat, just in the middle of feeding on a clump of bright orange-red pollen on a paving-stone. It's dwarfed by the long curved white stamen of a horse-chestnut flower, topped with a very large mass of pollen.

It's still #MiteMonday somewhere…

Vignette from under a log. A snout mite (family Bdellidae) feeds on the remains of a springtail, with a guest appearance from a beetle mite (order? suborder? Oribatida)*.

* Above superfamily or so, mite taxonomic ranks start getting contentious.

#DailyMiteVid #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acariformes #Bdellidae #Oribatida

Murray Banded Huntsman (Holconia murrayensis)
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A different perspective and shot of a previous post. This one has been rotated 90 degrees to the right.

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#NewSpecies
New scorpion from #chile just stung us:

Brachistosternus pehuenche

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/799B00C1-EF6C-5B8B-85A3-1A15AF58A8E7
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.146451
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #BrachistosternusPehuenche

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arachnology #arachnids #scorpion

Captured this shot today. I think it’s one of my personal favorites from this year so far. Better late than never for #texturetuesday

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A color macro shot of a little jumping spider on a plant stem

A black and white macro shot of a little jumping spider on a plant stem

Belated #MiteMonday: it's the time of year I start carrying a little water dropper bottle for the whirligig mites. I've found it's a reliable way to get them to stay still for photos. 💧

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A tiny, squarish orange mite drinks from a drop of water that has sunk into the wooden picnic table it's on.

#arachnids #거미

집에서 집유령거미를 발견했어요 인근 지하주차장에 방생할 예정이에요

Itty-bitty red mite 🥺 (likely a sidewalk mite per @nev👍) hanging out in my garden on one of my Canada anemone blooms.

#PhotoHour #MacroHour #arachnid #arachnids #gardening #nature #WildlifePhotography #Photography #AltText

Extreme closeup photograph of a red mite (likely a sidewalk mite) standing on the edge of a white Canada anemone petal with out of focus green stamens to the left and out of focus green foliage in the background. Clover mites are small (0.75–0.85 mm or 0.030–0.033 in) oval, dome-shaped arachnids with red to brown bodies, eight legs, and two palps near its mouth.

This is a neat and trim haircut. Also you can see my flash diffuser in its eyes.

Went outside today for a short photo walk before getting eaten alive by mosquitos. Resilience is trying to hold your camera steady for a razor thin depth of field while getting bitten by blood sucking parasites. 😤💪

#photography #nature #macro #fotografie #photographie #macrophotography #arachnids #bugs #wildlife #fujifilm #laowa

Buenos días con esta Misumena vatia desayunando una Pyronia.
#invertebrados #invertebrates #macro #spider #araña #aracnidos #photography #nature #naturaleza #fotografia #arachnids

Foto de una araña Misumenia vatia predando sobre una mariposa del género Pyronia.

👆 That was enough excitement for the night. I love spiders in their element outside, but not in my bathroom!* This spidey is safely outside now.

We have a plastic cup in every room for *lost* bugs in the house. 😘🕷️✨

(*except jumping spiders. I love them anywhere 😍)

#spider #arachnids

The reddish nocturnal spider in the clear plastic cup, waiting patiently to be let outside.

Little red mites of spring!

- A larval sidewalk mite (_Balaustium_) eating pollen
- A young whirligig mite (family Anystidae) eating clover mite eggs (the little reddish balls)
- Sumo mites (_Allothrombium_) wrestling
- and lastly, a clover mite (_Bryobia_), which isn't really that red when full grown but which all of the other mites are frequently misidentified as. They won't be out much longer, they go dormant in the hot months.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Erythraeidae #Anystidae #Trombidiidae #Tetranychidae #Bryobiinae

A tiny six-legged (and therefore larval) red mite with a vaguely oval body feeding on an infinitesimally small speck of yellow pollen on rock.

A tiny squarish bright red mite sinking its mouthparts into a tiny dark red ball, one of many in the crevices of tree bark.

Two large, wrinkly, velvety red mites chasing each other on a shady tree root.

A slightly flat, finely wrinkled dark blueish mite with light red legs and mouthparts, on tree bark.

#MiteMonday: this weekend I got out to my sumo mite (_Allothrombium_) tree to catch some wrestling bouts!

It is some kind of sexual competition thing: certain males seem to stake out a little patch and aggressively defend it against all comers. The females, I think, are the larger ones who take little notice of the fights and mostly wedge themselves into crevices in bark? Courtship rituals seem to involve leg-tapping and walking around each other in circles. I am wildly curious about what's actually going on.

#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #RedVelvetMites #SumoMites #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Trombidiidae

#Arachnids

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