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Charletonia sp. or Callidosoma sp.
A mite of some kind. It was eating eggs of the leaf beetle (pic #2).
On Eucalyptus leaves
Thank you theridula. I agree this is
Family; Erythraeidae
subfamily; Callidosomatinae
probably Charletonia or Callidosoma species.
based on these discussion notes http://bugguide.net/node/view/681225 we need experts with microscopes to determine further. However, its pattern is distinctive and observations are common so it will be known and named somewhere by now???
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/159...
This is an erythraeid in the subfamily Callidosomatinae. Common genera that look somewhat like this are Charletonia and Callidosoma, but there are others in your area so I can't be confident on a generic identification.
Nice to know... this wonderful thing...
You remember me my spotting...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/640...
Amazing, Martin, even the red and maroon patches look similar. Maybe mine will grow?
Thanks for your comments.
I still haven't found a closer ID for a mite with such distinctive big feet.
Hi Martin... We all know its a Kind of Mite... so do not it let as Unknow.
Please update ID as Velvet or Red Mite.
Yes ArgyBee, I've seem about four or five in one location only but asked them to move on. It was about the same time as yours appeared. None here now. There was also one in my bathtub, different, brown and skinny, I must find the pic. Thanks for your other comments too:)
Great pics Martin - and we've had a plague of these about a month ago.... did you send them? (if so thanks)
I know that some mites eat insect eggs but I have never seen one before.
Mites in Malaysia are very smaller too, most are less than 5mm.
Great spotting.
Indian Mite's only abdomen length is about 12 mm and including legs it is 22-24 mm. You Mite look to be 27-28 mm in length including legs.
Thanks for your research. Its hard to call this specimen from images. There isn such a large range of species. My spotting was quite large and no images have such big feet pads.
It definately looks like the velvet mite we normally find here during monsoon..
Trombidium holosericeum This ID looks close. Thanks.
Our warm season is emerging and this year is more humid than most years. So was last year and that means we have a higher parasite load. In the south we get no monsoons. That means there's LOTS of things to spot. Watch this space.
Spotted on Nov 21, 2011
Submitted on Nov 21, 2011
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