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Mites in web - highly enlarged

Image of Tetranychus lintearius Dufour 1832

Description:

Longitude (deg): -2.2. Latitude (deg): 50.6. Longitude (deg/min): 2° 20' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 40' N. Vice county name: Dorset. Vice county no.: 9. Country: England. Stage: Adult. Associated species: Ulex europaeus. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "Webs over Gorse, with clusters of mites on host branches inside". Detail to note: The dark-bodied mites are nymphs. Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Photo date: 29 Sep 2014. Where photo was taken: In situ. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS600D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens.

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Malcolm Storey
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Malcolm Storey
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Malcolm Storey