#red velvet mite

[onenicebugperday]

Velvet mite, unknown species, Microtrombidiidae

Photographed in Thailand by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Photos shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

#animals #curators on tumblr #bugs #arachnids #mite #microtrombidiidae #trombidiform mite #velvet mite #red velvet mite #one nice bug

[toadalchaos]

mite time :)

bonus beetle impression:

#delightful lumpy beast #trombidium sp #red velvet mite #mine #bugblr #they're harmless before anyone worries for my fingers

[tamvmat]

Omg, red velvet mites are so cute?

#ink drawing #red velvet mite #bugs

[ormspryde]

Today's sketch, the red velvet mite. I couldn't think of anything I wanted to draw, so this was what my roommate gave me.

Comm me here: https://ko-fi.com/ormspryde/commissions

[ID: A pixel drawing of a small red bug on a grey background. /ID]

#pixel art #art #digital art #red velvet mite #bug

[maarvaazsinak]

Red velvet mite

#Red velvet mite #Does actually look quite soft

[mindblowingscience]

These non-parasitic mites feed largely on pollen and emerge during spring from eggs that were laid during the previous summer. One can easily spot these critters crawling around due to their striking bright red color, making them an object of both fascination and fear, given the association of red with danger.

The vivid coloration of these mites has not been subject to much scientific scrutiny. However, a study by researchers from Hosei University and Kyoto University, Japan, now suggests that the bright red pigment in these mites has a specific protective function.

Continue Reading

#science #stem #biology #ecology #animals #insects #red velvet mites

[ichbineinkriechend]

[ID: Three pictures of a red mite sitting on mossy wood.]

#it's probably a rote Samtmilbe :) #Trombidium holosericeum. Apparently. IF I identified it correctly ofc. #bugs #mites #bugblr #rote Samtmilbe would be red velvet-mite in english btw. It does look kinda velvety!

[dragonwysper]

So I have a little Trombidium mite in a teeny tiny terrarium that I raised from a pupa (after finding him pupating in a container I put a firefly in) for scientific purposes. I highkey have just left him in the little terrarium for several months now, and he routinely just Disappears and I don't see him for a few weeks at a time. Well he disappeared like three months back, and I kinda forgot about him until like last week, when I used a stick to prod through the dirt to try and find him. I did not succeed. I resigned myself to waiting for the freshly misted dirt to dry before digging out his corpse to send to an acarologist friend, and then put that off too.

So anyways, I just got home today, and bro was just out crawling around on a leaf.

Remind me not to underestimate him again.

#he needs a name #mite #mites #Trombidiidae #Trombidiformes #Trombidium #velvet mite #arthropods #bugs #arachnids #red bug #little baby man #entomology #acarology #pet bugs #i fucking love mites #bugs /

[aussiebuggirl]

Red velvet mite - Trombidium family

Wedderburn, NSW, 2 May 2023

#red velvet mites #mite #arachnids #arthropods #bug of the day #entymology #my photography #bug girl #bugs #red

[thatdeardelight]

(R): Red, pillowy aftermaths of Rain

Explore here, how little red, pillowy magical creatures came to metaphorise rain in deserts!

It has been raining on-off since a few weeks now, and making full use of it, I have been going on long, long treks in the smooth rhyolite-rock hills around my house. *If you can get past the scientific jargon, it is always worthwhile to look into the geological history of the area you live in. It is wildly exhilarating to imagine that the place I live in was once a hellish-landscape of glowing…

View On WordPress

#Animals in Rain #Auspicious Signs #Cause-and-Effect Relationship #creativity #Desert Lands #Eccentric Names #Folk Songs #Geological History #Magic-themed Stories #Medicinal Uses #metaphors #Monsoon Festivals #Mythical Creatures #Nature Appreciation #philosophy #rain #Rain Mites #Rain-Blues #Red Velvet Mites #Rediscovering Nature&039;s Gifts #Rhyolite-Rock Hills #Shy Insects #stories #that dear delight #Tickling Sensations #Urbanization Effects #Waterfalls #writing

[bug-kid-benny]

THERES A VELVET MITE ON MY COMPUTER RUNNING SO FAST THAT I CANT SEE ITS LEGS MOVING IT LOOKS LIKE ITS JUST MOVING ACROSS MY LAPTOP LIKE A VERY FAST ROOMBA

ITS FPS IS TOO HIGH FOR MY BRAIN ???!!!!!!!,,,

#velvet mite #mite #red mite #arachnid #very fast mite going at incredible hihg speed

[snailspng]

Random PNGs, part 142.

(1. Rotten apple, 2. Starfish, 3. Caterpillars on cherries, 4. Weird taxidermy, 5. Fruit and berries, 6. Snail lamp, 7. Delphinium seed, 8. Velvet mite on mushroom, 9. Red velvet worms)

#png #pngs #transparent #moodboard #artboard #imageboard #sticker #stickers #polyvore #shoplook #142

[podcastwizard]

SHUT UP ABOUT GEN Z VS MILLENNIAL VS BOOMER AND START TALKING ABOUT RED VELVET MITES BUILDING LOVE NESTS OUT OF STICKS AND BRANCHES AS A PART OF THEIR COURTSHIP RITUAL

#they've got me at front desk today which is fine but like #i'm gonna lose my voice

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: APRIL 11TH 2023 | Image IDs: Multiple angles of a bright red velvet mite (Arachnid of the family Trombidiidae) crawling on a rough, dirty, black, plastic surface /End ID]

I love this thing's color, it's rare that I see a mite that's THIS bright!

#Mite #Mites #Trombidiidae #velvet mite #Arachnid #Arachnids #Arachnophobia #arthropods #Bugs #Bug #invertebrates #Bugblr #Photos #Photo #Wasp House Buzzing

[crevicedwelling]

Have you ever kept/do you ever plan to keep red velvet mites? I saw an article about kids in India keeping them. Cute fluffy bugs, but apparently they need live prey?

velvet mites can probably be kept as pets if caught as adult and if you have access to a supply of their often quite specific prey. some seem to only eat alate termites and others only springtail eggs, but yes, you are correct that velvet mites are predatory at certain life stages and need live prey.

however, complicating things further, velvet mites have an utterly bizarre life cycle: egg, pre-larva, larva, protonymph, deutonymph, tritonymph to adult. the larva is a fluid-sucking parasite of other arthropods, and deutonymphs and adults are predatory (other stages do not feed).

so to maintain them in captivity, you’d need to maintain colonies of very specific host species, very specific prey, and that’s assuming we can even recreate the conditions host, prey, and mite like to live in (some are arid species, others more temperate and humid)!

so maybe if you live in a place with them you could find a few and keep them captive for a while until they died, but out of sheer complication I’d say they’d be one of the worst things to try and captive breed.

[vintagewildlife]

Giant red velvet mite By: Anthony Bannister/NHPA From: Éditions Rencontre Cards 1976

#fave #mite #arachnid #arthropod #invertebrate #1976 #1970s #Anthony Bannister #NHPA #Éditions Rencontre Cards