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A very small aphid with even smaller passengers.
Spotted on Jun 22, 2011
Submitted on Sep 9, 2011
5 Comments
These are velvet mite larvae in the superfamily Trombidioidea. Although there are several trombidoids that parasitize aphids, some of the most common are trombidiids in the genus Allothrombium, which these appear to be. Hope this helps!
Thanks! I thought the mites were interesting because of their little faces.
that is a really great shot! thanks for sharing!
Wow! That is a really neat picture!!! What a find!!
amazing!