#velvet mite

[crevicedwelling]

I saw a velvet mite today! these big mites go through a bizarre series of growth stages before ending up as predatory mobile plush cushions.

this one had butt cheeks

[creatureimages]

hi ronald! one of the prettiest mites you ever did see (genus ronaldothrombium)

[onenicebugperday]

Velvet mite, unknown species, Microtrombidiidae

Photographed in Thailand by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Photos shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

[drafthearse]

velvet mite on lichen

[honeysucklebuttons]

early spring newcomers hanging out in/on logs!!! welcome back, bugs!! @smellyunfortunate was really surprised that fly didn't fly away with my finger right there (it was def alive), but we don't recognize it! (Not asking for an id, just sharing friends!)

@onenicebugperday

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: APRIL 11TH 2023 | Image IDs: Multiple angles of a bright red velvet mite (Arachnid of the family Trombidiidae) crawling on a rough, dirty, black, plastic surface /End ID]

I love this thing's color, it's rare that I see a mite that's THIS bright!

[ouroborostaxidermy]

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[melangle]

[bellnallart]

deer ticks, tick deer

babies stand atop stumps or branches and ‘hug’ passing animals to catch a ride

they rub their bodies on trees to remove seasonal velvet

their proboscis is used to suck sap from trees

[dragonwysper]

So I have a little Trombidium mite in a teeny tiny terrarium that I raised from a pupa (after finding him pupating in a container I put a firefly in) for scientific purposes. I highkey have just left him in the little terrarium for several months now, and he routinely just Disappears and I don't see him for a few weeks at a time. Well he disappeared like three months back, and I kinda forgot about him until like last week, when I used a stick to prod through the dirt to try and find him. I did not succeed. I resigned myself to waiting for the freshly misted dirt to dry before digging out his corpse to send to an acarologist friend, and then put that off too.

So anyways, I just got home today, and bro was just out crawling around on a leaf.

Remind me not to underestimate him again.

[preventthetoast]

Saw this little velvet mite the other day! probably a bucket list animal for me. thanks to @sentient-deer-skull for spotting this!

[bug-kid-benny]

THERES A VELVET MITE ON MY COMPUTER RUNNING SO FAST THAT I CANT SEE ITS LEGS MOVING IT LOOKS LIKE ITS JUST MOVING ACROSS MY LAPTOP LIKE A VERY FAST ROOMBA

ITS FPS IS TOO HIGH FOR MY BRAIN ???!!!!!!!,,,

[onenicebugperday]

Long-legged velvet mite with parasitic mites attached, Callidosomatinae, Erythraeidae

Photographed in Singapore by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

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[rattyexplores]

Velvet Mites on Old Spider Eggs

Unidentified, superfamily Trombidioidea

24/03/23 - NSW, Dapto

[tarantula-wizard]

Insert An Invert Week 4: Around Logs; Velvet Mites

[thereissomethingunderthestairs]

Even oriental broad-nosed weevils are not immune to bites from the love bug(mite)

(x by Hayath Mohammed, 2020)