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alder vein angle gall

Eriophyes inangulis

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

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 184, February 136, March 213, April 335, May 483, June 526, July 563, August 484, September 356, October 265, November 145, December 113.
United States3,803
Alaska3,803
United Kingdom563
England440
Germany169
France124
Scotland91
Netherlands71
Poland48
Austria46

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