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Ash Bead Gall Mite

Aceria fraxini

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 33, February 34, March 54, April 105, May 201, June 171, July 93, August 70, September 68, October 55, November 35, December 31.
United States1,652
Canada1,152
Ontario845
New York377
Michigan252
Quebec147
Manitoba122
Wisconsin121
Minnesota110
Pennsylvania93

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

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