Erythraeidae (family) (Erythraeid mite)


The larvae of erythraeid mites are external parasites of various other terrestrial arthropods such as insects and arachnids. The adults, which are rather large for mites, are free-living predators. These mites are often bright red, perhaps indicating to vertebrate predators, such as birds and reptiles, that they taste bad.


Gallery

835,758 sightings of 23,655 species from 15,522 members
NatureMapr is developed by at3am | Made and hosted in Australia | privacy | CCA 3.0