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Photo by GlennE
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Field Notes

Description:

Small red bug walking among leaves near a creek.

Notes:

The bright red color caught my eye. Some kind of mite or tick?

Species ID Suggestions

Trombidiidae

Trombidium grandissimum

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Comments (2)
BenjaminKabel
Based on the location, this is not T. grandissimum, but a velvet mite in the family Trombidiidae.
Laura B.
I'm unsure of its scientific name, but these are commonly called red velvet mites. They are very cool and fuzzy-looking under magnification
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PublishedMay 20, 2013

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