Snout Mite
Paul Iddon
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in Holy Macro
I don't know how common they are, but I've never photographed one before. I think this is a Snout Mite - Bdellidae in the order of Trombidiformes (of which there are about 11 genera and at least 260 described species in Bdellidae).
Believe me, this one was ALWAYS running - I'm astounded I got any images partially in focus! Either way - I'm really happy finding this bug! Size around <1mm.
Paul.
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Lovely find and shots Paul. Think I have shot similar but it had it's snout into a bark fly so was fairly stationary.
Brian V.
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Thanks Brian
Paul.
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