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  2. Pyemotes herfsi - Wikipedia

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    Pyemotes herfsi, also known as the oak leaf gall mite or itch mite, is an ectoparasitic mite identified in Europe and subsequently found in India, Asia, and the United States. The mite parasitizes a variety of insect hosts and bites humans, causing red, itchy, and painful wheals (welts). The mites are barely visible, measuring about 0.2–0.8 ...

  3. Feeling itchy? Tiny mites may bite humans more after cicada ...

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    The first oak leaf itch mite-related rashes on humans after a periodical cicada brood emergence was in 2007 in the Chicago area, the last time Brood XIII emerged, according an Illinois Department ...

  4. Cicadas come with an itchy pest — tiny mites that can cause ...

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    What to know about oak leaf itch mites. According to PennState Extension, these tiny mites are "elongated, reddish tan in color and have a shiny exoskeleton." Females are typically larger than ...

  5. Aceria mackiei - Wikipedia

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    Aceria mackiei, previously Eriophyes mackiei, the live oak erineum mite, is an abundant eriophyoid mite that produces leaf-blister galls on coast live oak, interior live oak, huckleberry oak, and canyon live oak. [1] This mite's ability to induce galls in oaks of both the black oak group and the intermediate oak group is unique. [1]

  6. Brood XIII - Wikipedia

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    Zaborski further found that the mites were ectoparasites whose numbers had increased while feeding on the brood's eggs. [ 9 ] The mites usually feed on oak leaf gall midge ( Polystepha pilulae ) larvae and other insects, but, as Zaborski found, also parasitize periodical cicada eggs when those are available.

  7. List of mites associated with cutaneous reactions - Wikipedia

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    Tropical rat mite: Rodent mite dermatitis Ornithonyssus bursa: Bird mite Tropical fowl mite: Gamasoidosis Ornithonyssus sylviarum: Bird mite Northern fowl mite Gamasoidosis Psoroptidae spp: Carpet mite: Feather pillow dermatitis: Pyemotes herfsi: Itch mite: Grain itch Sarcoptes scabiei: Itch mite: Scabies: Trombicula alfreddugesi: Chigger ...

  8. Here’s How to Tell If You Have Chigger Bites or Scabies - AOL

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    Chigger bites vs. scabies. Chiggers and scabies are the mites that bite. Yep, both of these little biters are actually mites, which makes them arachnids, not insects.

  9. Eriophyidae - Wikipedia

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    Eriophyidae is a family of more than 200 genera of mites, which live as plant parasites, commonly causing galls or other damage to the plant tissues and hence known as gall mites. About 3,600 species have been described, but this is probably less than 10% of the actual number existing in this poorly researched family.

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