Red-legged Earth Mite: 6-8 on Capeweed

Class:

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

Order:

Mites (Trombidiformes)

Family:

Earth Mite (Penthaleidae)

Species:

Red-legged Earth Mite (Halotydeus destructor)

This Photo:

6-8 on Capeweed

Other name:

RLEM

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
~1mm long

This species is classed as

If (Foreign Introduction)

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