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Eutrombidium sp.
Bright red, velvety arthropod with eight legs. About 0.2 - 0.6 inches in length. Mobile and active. Post-larval stages can be differentiated from all other terrestrial parasitengones by the presence of a posterio-dorsal sclerite... clearly visible in most photographs.
Deciduous forest in the midlands of South Carolina. Photographed at Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve near Clarks Hill (McCormick County), SC.
Crawling on a downed, decaying pine tree. Thanks to AntónioGinjaGinja for identification. Confirmed on BugGuide by Heather Proctor as Eutrombidium sp.
Spotted on Jan 21, 2013
Submitted on Jan 26, 2013
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