Erythraeidae (family)

2 Erythraeid mite at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

Erythraeidae (family)	17 May 2022	MichaelMulvaney
Erythraeidae (family)	16 Sep 2021	JonSteinbeck
Erythraeidae (family)	9 Sep 2021	MichaelMulvaney
Rainbowia sp. (genus)	15 Sep 2019	JonSteinbeck

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User's notes

This Red Mite was under the bowl of our bird bath that I had lifted off to clean. The mite started to move reasonably quickly after the bowl was lifted. It seemed at a loss as to where to go as it was climbing around the rim of the bird bath’s pedestal then back into the hollow. It was as if the mite was hesitant to climb down or maybe was not sure where to find cover. I could not get a good photograph of this red creature because it was moving around a lot.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.099145 -35.332018
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
8 Sep 2019 11:45 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Other Arthropods Mites and Ticks (Acarina) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Erythraeidae (family) Scientific name
Erythraeid mite Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1536.4m Recorded at altitude
90 images trained Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania