Very Small Red Spider I.D Please

BloomingMarvellous · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 08:17 PM

Can't find a Spider Identifier anywhere, but I could be looking in the wrong places.

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aeshna5 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 08:30 PM

I think you'll find it's not a spider but another group of arachnids- the velvet mites (Acari).

BloomingMarvellous · #3 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 09:10 PM

Looks more like a Spider than a Mite.

No.9 Spider · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 10:03 PM

It's a mite of some sort. The legs of a spider are joined to the front section(cephalothorax) of the spider.

No.9 Spider

BloomingMarvellous · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 11:34 PM

Mmmmm, I reckon this is a Mite

and this is very different

Or I'm going Blind...

Meta menardi · #6 (**permalink**) 11-10-2009, 12:06 AM

THe photo is not very informative.

ChrisR · #7 (**permalink**) 11-10-2009, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BloomingMarvellous

Mmmmm, I reckon this is a Mite

and this is very different

Or I'm going Blind...

Hmm, I see your point - the first is certainly a Velvet Mite and the second is different but it's hard to say whether the second one is a tick or a mite ... but it certainly isn't a spider

Venger · #8 (**permalink**) 11-10-2009, 12:58 AM

Definitely a mite and not a spider - though from the photo I doubt you'll find out which one?
have a pop along here:
Mites - Acari Photo Gallery by Tom Murray at pbase.com
(just for visuals)