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The red dots that apear in this insect's leg are actually parasitic mites.
Spotted on Nov 24, 2011
Submitted on Nov 26, 2011
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Thank you, Chun. There are many of them in the place I took these pictures. Life must be hard for the insects that live there...
The red "balls" are actually mites that live on the host insects as parasites.
These occurs to spiders too.
Will be interested to find out!