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Red Velvet Mites

Trombidiidae

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:

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7 Comments

Ingrid3
Ingrid3 8 years ago

THIS IS an AMAZING closeup! so much beautiful detail

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

Congrats, great photo!

Francisco Ramírez
Francisco Ramírez 8 years ago

Beatiful photo AchinivuOkorafor ...Congrats !!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 8 years ago

Congratulations! Well photographed!

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 8 years ago

Congratulations AchinivuOkorafor! This cool spotting has been selected as our Spot of the Day! Thanks for sharing!

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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).
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AchinivuOkorafor
Spotted by
AchinivuOkorafor

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Spotted on Mar 19, 2016
Submitted on Mar 20, 2016

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