Three-spotted Velvet Mite: Profile

Three-spotted Velvet Mite (Paratrombium album)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)

Order:

Mites (Trombidiformes)

Family:

Velvet Mite (Trombidiidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Three-spotted Velvet Mite (Paratrombium album)

This Photo:

Profile

Thank you Owen Seeman for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~3mm long (excl legs)
As you can see, much darker red than others. More of a Burgandy colour. Plus of course the 3 well defined white spots.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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