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About a quarter inch in diameter - one of the biggest mites I've ever seen. Bright red and very quick.
Under a rock in the garden.
Spotted on Apr 21, 2013
Submitted on Apr 21, 2013
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This is not a spider mite (Tetranychidae) which are herbivores, but a true velvet mite (Trombidiidae), which are predacious as adults.