Whirligig mite and more Fork Tail Bush katydid nymph
Apr 27, 2015 18:24:35 #
really like these colorful critters
Apr 27, 2015 19:04:57 #
These are very nice Bob! You had me get the 105 out and play a little. Now to find something to shoot.:) Not much moving around here yet. Thank you for sharing your work!!
Apr 27, 2015 20:38:37 #
Apr 27, 2015 20:44:15 #
Erv wrote:
Thanks Erv, and a bonus to know I provided motivation :thumbup:These are very nice Bob! You had me get the 105 out and play a little. Now to find something to shoot.:) Not much moving around here yet. Thank you for sharing your work!!
Apr 27, 2015 20:45:36 #
cameraniac wrote:
Thanks, I've been calling em red spider mites, saw the pic in my critter bookSorry but I hate Chiggers. Love your captures though ...
Apr 27, 2015 20:47:39 #
cameraniac
Loc: Huntingburg, Indiana
napabob wrote:
Have you been bitten by one yet?Thanks, I've been calling em red spider mites, saw the pic in my critter book
Apr 27, 2015 21:23:32 #
Apr 27, 2015 22:01:54 #
cameraniac wrote:
Have you been bitten by one yet?
yes, when I was a lad in Calhoun Georgia, experienced some intimacy with them ..fading memory ..50 years ago
Apr 27, 2015 22:09:45 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I am fairly certain that we do not have "chiggers" in California.
Chigger- Trombicula alfreddugesi
thats what the NWF Field guide to insects and spiders of N. America page 415 led me to believe, also called Red Bug, harvest mite
1/16"
fast as hell ...
Apr 27, 2015 22:24:02 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I am fairly certain that we do not have "chiggers" in California.
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/chigger.htm
5th picture down .looks like a larva I shot
Apr 27, 2015 22:24:26 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/chigger.htmI am fairly certain that we do not have "chiggers" in California.
5th picture down .looks like a larva I shot
Apr 27, 2015 22:24:28 #
Chigger Map of U.S.: http://www.chiggaway.com/ChiggerCountry.htm
"In North America the common chigger that attacks humans is Eutrombicula alfreddugèsi (also called Trombicula irritans). This species occurs from the Atlantic coast to the Midwest and southward to Mexico.".: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/196741/Eutrombicula-alfreddugesi
"In North America the common chigger that attacks humans is Eutrombicula alfreddugèsi (also called Trombicula irritans). This species occurs from the Atlantic coast to the Midwest and southward to Mexico.".: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/196741/Eutrombicula-alfreddugesi
Apr 27, 2015 22:27:17 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I saw it too.Chigger Map of U.S.: http://www.chiggaway.com/ChiggerCountry.htm
pictures worth a thousand words .two different critters that look the same?
Apr 27, 2015 22:37:21 #
napabob wrote:
From your own cited article: "Chiggers are actually mites, cousins of spiders and ticks." The younger the chigger nymph, the more closely it resembles similar mites.two different critters that look the same?
Apr 27, 2015 22:38:13 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Chigger Map of U.S.: http://www.chiggaway.com/ChiggerCountry.htm
"In North America the common chigger that attacks humans is Eutrombicula alfreddugèsi (also called Trombicula irritans). This species occurs from the Atlantic coast to the Midwest and southward to Mexico.".: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/196741/Eutrombicula-alfreddugesi
"In North America the common chigger that attacks humans is Eutrombicula alfreddugèsi (also called Trombicula irritans). This species occurs from the Atlantic coast to the Midwest and southward to Mexico.".: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/196741/Eutrombicula-alfreddugesi
sending my shots of em to bug guide
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