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Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite

aceria calaceris

The Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite is a tiny creature that lives on maple trees! These little mites help keep the trees healthy by breaking down old leaves.

Lebensraum: On the leaves of Rocky Mountain maple trees.

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The Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite is incredibly tiny, appearing as a pale yellow or whitish speck. It has a distinctive worm-like, elongated body and uniquely possesses only four legs, all located at its head end, setting it apart from many other mites.

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Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite
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Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A single maple leaf can be home to thousands of these microscopic creatures!

Most mites have eight legs, but this super unique mite has only four!

These tiny mites trick maple trees into growing bumpy homes just for them!

They can hitch a ride on the wind to find new maple trees to live on!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Gall Architect

Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite can create protective shelters, called galls, on maple leaves that help them feed and develop safely.

Fähigkeit

Micro-Infiltrator

Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite has an incredibly tiny size that helps them burrow into plant tissues for feeding and hiding.

Fähigkeit

Sap Siphon

Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite has piercing-sucking mouthparts that help them extract vital plant sap from maple leaves.

Maße und Details

Größe
0.1-0.2 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
4

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny mites are plant-eaters, gently sipping sap from the leaves of maple trees.

Hauptnahrung

  • Maple leaf sap
  • Acer grandidentatum
  • Acer glabrum

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Bigtooth Maple

Acer grandidentatum

Mite shelters and feeds on its leaves.

depends on

Rocky Mountain Maple

Acer glabrum

Mite shelters and feeds on its leaves.

eaten by

Ladybug

Stethorus punctillum

Small ladybugs sometimes prey on these mites.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Aceria MiteFelt MiteMaple Mite

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das größe von Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite?

0.1-0.2 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite?

30-60 Tage

Was frisst Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite?

These tiny mites are plant-eaters, gently sipping sap from the leaves of maple trees.

Wo findet man Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite normalerweise?

On the leaves of Rocky Mountain maple trees.

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite?

4

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