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Super small 2 mm. Just one chance to take the photo and then I lost it. It is a velvet mit.
Oak forest.
Spotted on Jan 10, 2013
Submitted on Jan 13, 2013
4 Comments
Thank you theridula for the ID
This is not a spider mite (Tetranychidae) but a velvet mite relative in the family Smarididae.
Thank you Chun Xing Wong for the ID
It's a spider mite, a close relative of the spider.