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Crimson Erineum Mite

Aceria elongata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 15, June 74, July 43, August 14, September 8, October 1, November 0, December 0.
Ontario155
Minnesota57
Nova Scotia42
Vermont30
Michigan23
Maine18
Prince Edward Island16
New Brunswick16
Quebec16
New York12

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