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Sycamore Cherry Mite

Aceria cephalonea

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) s_cherry, 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 United Kingdom.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 259, May 288, June 169, July 112, August 84, September 94, October 47, November 5, December 0.
United Kingdom1,058
England935
Germany248
Berlin148
France99
Scotland83
Netherlands69
Zuid-Holland53
Belgium48
Denmark45

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