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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Mites</title>
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		<title>Wolf Spider with Eggsac and Mites</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/01/wolf-spider-with-eggsac-and-mites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/01/wolf-spider-with-eggsac-and-mites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egg sack carrying yellow spider &#8211; Manitoba
August 31, 2009
Hello. The enclosed photos are of a lovely spider we encountered on our walk on the boardwalk over Ominik Marsh, in Clear Lake, Manitoba.
It was about 1 inch long, yellowy, and as you can see it was carrying an egg sack (we think), and had either some [...]


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		<title>Burying Beetle with Mites</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/10/burying-beetle-with-mites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/10/burying-beetle-with-mites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is this flying black bug with orange spots?
August 10, 2009
I&#8217;ve never seen a bug quite like this one, it flew into my house, and ended up landing on a washcloth, where I was able to get a picture. It was covered in tiny spiders so as soon as I got the picture I put [...]


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		<title>Immature Giant Water Bug</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/09/immature-giant-water-bug-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/09/immature-giant-water-bug-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toe Biters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Green Water Beetle?
August 9, 2009
Every year at my cottage me and my friends put together a small aquarium of insects and other animals that we find in our lake. This year we were surprised to catch something none of us had ever seen before. We thought at first that it was a baby Giant Water [...]


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		<title>Aquatic Mites on Water Scorpion</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/03/aquatic-mites-on-water-scorpion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/03/aquatic-mites-on-water-scorpion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s ON that bug? Ranatra w/ orange bumps
Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:12 PM
I recently tracked down the ID of this odd insect in a local pond as a Water Scorpion (Ranatra spp.), but all of the individuals I&#8217;ve seen so far are covered in strange, orange bumps that do not appear to be &#8220;normal&#8221; [...]


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		<title>Velvet Mites</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/02/velvet-mites-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/02/velvet-mites-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red Fuzzy Bug of Southern Arizona
Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Dear WTB: I live in Cochise County of southern Arizona. We had our first real rain of the monsoon yesterday. This morning I went to feed my horses and found these little red bugs everywhere. They seem to be burrowing out of the ground. [...]


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		<title>Unknown Mite from Vasquez Rocks</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/21/unknown-mite-from-vasquez-rocks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/21/unknown-mite-from-vasquez-rocks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unidentified]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bronze Mite from Vasquez Rocks
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:07 PM
While hiking in the Vasquez Rocks north of Los Angeles, I saw an absolutely remarkable flash of bronze scurry over a rock. The image does not do it justice by any stretch of the imagination. Although very small, the totally metallic sheen on this guy [...]


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		<title>Assassin Bug Food Chain Scenario from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/06/assassin-bug-food-chain-scenario-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/06/assassin-bug-food-chain-scenario-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unknown Assassin with unknown wasp while mites hitch a ride (aussietrev)
Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Hi guys,
Found this tableau on a grass stem. The only thing I know ID for are the red mites on the assassin bug. Both the bug and the wasp are quite tiny. Any ideas anyone?
aussietrev
Queensland, Australia
Hi Trevor,
Sorry for the [...]


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		<title>Locust with Mites from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/03/locust-with-mites-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/03/locust-with-mites-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Locust infected with mites?
Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Hi guys,
This locust was very well disguised by colour and textures to fit in with the semi arid landscape and I only spotted it when it jumped out of my way. After processing the shot I noticed the little red attachments. Would they be some type [...]


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		<title>Tropical Rat Mite???? or Tropical Fowl Mite???</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/20/tropical-rat-mite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/20/tropical-rat-mite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the&#8230;
Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:55 AM
Hello.. Can you please identify this bug that we have been finding around. We have found it crawling on our body, laptop screen and even in the bathroom.
Help is required
Australia, Melbourne
Dear Help,
We believe you probably need a true specialist for this identification, but we are leaning toward the [...]


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		<title>Harvestman and Mites</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/03/harvestman-and-mites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/03/harvestman-and-mites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opiliones and Harvestmen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Grandaddy Longlegs
Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 6:23 AM
Dear Bug Guy, I know that this bug is probably very familiar to everyone, we called it the grandaddy long legs. There was a rumor growing up that if they could bite they would kill you, I never knew if that was true or not, but I never [...]


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