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Lime gall mite

Eriophyes exilis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 70, February 51, March 81, April 127, May 183, June 199, July 213, August 184, September 135, October 101, November 55, December 43.
United States1,449
Alaska1,441
United Kingdom162
England150
Germany89
France48
Austria48
Bayern23
Wien16
Hessen14

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
GenusEriophyes

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