#Arachtober 20: a tiny oribatid or beetle mite, likely suborder Mixonomata (https://bugguide.net/node/view/238862), ubiquitous dwellers of soil and leaf litter, armoured decomposers.
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It's still #MiteMonday somewhere…
Vignette from under a log. A snout mite (family Bdellidae) feeds on the remains of a springtail, with a guest appearance from a beetle mite (order? suborder? Oribatida)*.
* Above superfamily or so, mite taxonomic ranks start getting contentious.
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#MiteMonday: snout mite (family Bdellidae) and oribatid mite are friends
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#Arachtober 19: this cute little oribatid (found on a rotting log) seemed to have ladybug-like spots. These widespread and abundant detritus- and fungus-eating soil dwellers are sometimes called "beetle mites" because of their hard carapaces.
#DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Oribatida #macro
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"Tiny Titans: Exploring the Potential of Soil #Mites in Sustainable #Agriculture" by Thaïs do Prado (postdoc
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Kicking off #InverteFest with a galumnoid oribatid from my garden!
https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/156463966
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For #MiteMonday, here's a little oribatid I found under the bark of a rotting log in a very wet meadow. Unlike the poppyseed-like galumnoids I've posted before, this one has a clear division between head and abdomen. It would be serendipitous if it were a ptyctimous mite, as a new catalogue of this group was just published: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5265.1.1
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/155850533
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Just a couple of oribatid mites under a rock in the garden…Galumnoidea, perhaps?
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#MiteMonday: a little oribatid from my recent High Park outing. Oribatids are abundant soil-dwelling detritivores and fungivores, sometimes called "beetle mites" because of their hard, shiny shells.
the crushing disappointment when you think you've found a bunch of big juicy mites and it's just some fucking beetles. no offence beetle people.
(there was one mite tho)
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