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Red Velvet Mites

Trombidiidae

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Field Notes

Description:

Red Velvet Mites or Rain Bugs are arachnids found in soil litter known for their bright red colours but are often mistaken for spiders. They are active predators as grown adults but as early instars are often parasites on insects.

Habitat:

Soil and leaf litter

Notes:

Please help identify this insect or whatever it is.

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Comments (7)

THIS IS an AMAZING closeup! so much beautiful detail
Congratulations AchinivuOkorafor! This cool spotting has been selected as our Spot of the Day! Thanks for sharing! https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10156692283730603/?type=3&theater https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/712484545598251008
It is a great picture of a cute creature, that red velvet body is fantastic...even though mites are not my favorite thing.... Thanks for sharing, AchinivuOkorafor.
Hello AchinivuOkorafor and Welcome to the Project Noah community! We hope you like the website as much as we do. There are many aspects to the site and community. The best way to get started is to read the FAQs at http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you can find all the tips, advice and "rules" of Project Noah. You, like the rest of the community, will be able to suggest IDs for species that you know (but that have not been identified), and make useful or encouraging comments on other users' spottings (and they on yours). There are also "missions" you can join and add spottings to. See http://www.projectnoah.org/missions . A mission you should join is the http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2004046002 to chose the best wild photo of 2016,only the spottings added to that mission are eligible.Note that most missions are "local". Be sure not to add a spotting to a mission that was outside of mission boundaries or theme :) Each mission has a map you may consult showing its range. We also maintain a blog archive http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we have posted previous articles from specialists from different geographical areas and categories of spottings, as well as wildlife "adventures". So enjoy yourself, share, communicate, learn. See you around :)
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PublishedMarch 20, 2016

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