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Alder Leaf Gall Mite

Eriophyes laevis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) wbarker26, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 239, February 177, March 277, April 436, May 628, June 685, July 733, August 631, September 463, October 346, November 189, December 148.
United States5,463
Alaska4,951
United Kingdom761
England467
Scotland247
Canada237
Finland182
Russia143
Denmark121
Sweden118

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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