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Sycamore Felt Gall Mite

Aceria pseudoplatani

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) tkoffel, some rights reserved (CC BY)

26 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 114, February 84, March 132, April 208, May 299, June 326, July 349, August 300, September 220, October 165, November 90, December 70.
United States2,358
Alaska2,358
United Kingdom313
England246
Scotland44
Wales14
Northern Ireland9
Germany7
Ireland6
Belgium4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSarcoptiformes
FamilyGall and Rust Mites · Eriophyidae
GenusAceria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Sycamore Felt Gall Mite with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.