Trombidiidae (family)
Red velvet mite at Acton, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Trombidiidae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 1 Oct 2022 | |
| Trombidiidae (family) | TimL | 1 Oct 2022 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
The mite was sighted on the side of a tree, just above a spider's silk lines (first image). It eventually walked into the lines and came to a halt. The mite gradually 'felt' the lines and then carefully stepped over them (second to fifth images) before going on its way. The fifth image shows the mite part of the way through the stepping process, in the middle of the silk lines.
Be the first to comment
Location information
- Coordinates 149.104423-35.275508
- Altitude 662.6m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Jun 2022 01:25 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Trombidiidae (family) Mites and Ticks (Acarina) Other Arthropods
Species information
- Trombidiidae (family) Scientific name
- Red velvet mite Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1289.42m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
7 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes