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Velvet Mite

Posted by April 7th, 2008 at 12:00 am

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I live in Brookville Ohio, my son and I was in our woods and came across a bright red little bug. I was able to get it to crawl upon a leaf and managed to get it back home so I could get my camera. I grabbed my Canon Rebel XT with a 60mm Macro Lens and took some pictures as he crawled across my patio. He looks like a spider, and is much larger than a spider mite. Can you help me identify it.
Nathan Quesinberry

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Hi Nathan,
This is a Velvet Mite in the family Trombidiidae.

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