Red velvet mite at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Trombidiidae (family) | 1 Sep 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Trombidiidae (family) | 21 Jul 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 20 Jul 2021 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Found under a log, sitting on the ground, 4-5mm in length. Im taking a wild guess and suggesting this is a mealybug type insect but who knows, Ive never seen one like this before.
1 comment
trevorpreston
wrote:
21 Jul 2021
I thought this might be a red velvet mite at first Michael, but in the photo with the view of the underside I couldn't make out any clear legs, which makes me wonder of its even an insect.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.094753-35.275344
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Jul 2021 10:24 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Other Arthropods Mites and Ticks (Acarina) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Trombidiidae (family) Scientific name
- Red velvet mite Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1002m Recorded at altitude
- 287 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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