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  2. Mite - Wikipedia

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    The microscopic mite Lorryia formosa (). The mites are not a defined taxon, but is used for two distinct groups of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes.The phylogeny of the Acari has been relatively little studied, but molecular information from ribosomal DNA is being extensively used to understand relationships between groups.

  3. Trombiculidae - Wikipedia

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    Trombiculid mites are found throughout the world. In Europe and North America, they tend to be more prevalent in the hot and humid regions. In northern Europe, including the British Isles where they are called harvest mites, the species Neotrombicula autumnalis are found during the summer and autumn (in French, harvest mites are called aoûtat because they are common in August [19]).

  4. Eupodoidea - Wikipedia

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    Eupodoids are soft-bodied mites that are red, red and black, white or yellow in colour. They can be recognised by the small epivertical lobe on the propodosoma and rhagidial organs on the tarsi of the first two leg pairs. [3]

  5. Cochlodispus minimus - Wikipedia

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    Cochlodispus minimus is a species of mite from the family Microdispidae, formally described by Sándor Mahunka in 1976. [1] One adult individual was measured with a body length of 79 μm (0.079 mm), making it the smallest known mite species. [2]

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

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    Hundreds of thousands of the tiny wind-soaring and itch-inducing critters can fall from trees every day and are packed with a venom that can paralyze prey 166,000 times their size.

  7. Tiny California mite sets record as world's fastest ... - AOL

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    The title of "fastest land animal" doesn't belong to the cheetah or Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt -- instead, it goes to a tinier creature. Much tinier. Like, the size of a sesame seed. Samuel ...

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

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    The bite from an oak leaf itch mite can cause an itchy rash and redness of the skin with small, raised, pimple-like bumps, Penn State Extension says. Although they normally feed on insects, they ...

  9. Pseudoscorpion - Wikipedia

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    Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans because they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice, ants, mites, and small flies. They are common in many environments, but they are rarely noticed due to their small size. When people see pseudoscorpions, especially indoors, they often mistake them for ticks or small spiders.