Erythraeidae (family)
2 Erythraeid mite at Hughes, ACT
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| Erythraeidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 17 May 2022 | |
| Erythraeidae (family) | JonSteinbeck | 16 Sep 2021 | |
| Erythraeidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 9 Sep 2021 | |
| Rainbowia (genus) | JonSteinbeck | 15 Sep 2019 |
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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
- Less than 5mm Animal size
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- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Erythraeidae (family) Mites and Ticks (Acarina) Other Arthropods
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
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5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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