Rainbowia sp. (genus)

A mite at Pialligo, ACT

Rainbowia sp. (genus) at Pialligo, ACT - 14 Jul 2019 11:38 AM
Rainbowia sp. (genus) at Pialligo, ACT - 14 Jul 2019 11:38 AM
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Identification history

Rainbowia sp. (genus) 13 Mar 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Rainbowia sp. (genus) 18 Jul 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Opiliones (order) 18 Jul 2019 Harrisi

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3 comments

   18 Jul 2019
Hi Stuart
This doesn't look like a harvestman, the legs seem very short compared to other specimens.
Harrisi wrote:
   19 Jul 2019
i thought I mite have been wrong about this one Michael, thanks for the ID, have sent pic to a mite expert for their opinion?
   19 Jul 2019
I'm not 100% sure about Rainbowia but Kim will know better.

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Additional information

  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

  • Rainbowia sp. (genus) Scientific name
  • A mite Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 704.6m Recorded at altitude
  • 89 images trained Machine learning
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