Little red crawler

It's got eight legs, so it's gotta be some kind of arachnid... I found it under a stone in the garden, the body is about 3 to 4 mm in diameter.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Interesting discovery, will check later if I can help determine the specie. Posted 13 years ago
1. Frankhuizen Photography
  
  Lion
  
  This is a Trombiculidae autumnalis (in Dutch oogstmijt" or "rode fluweelmijt"; English or German name unknown). In wiki "Trombiculidae autumnalis" cannot found, only Trombiculidae. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombiculidae Posted 13 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Wow thanks for the help! Posted 13 years ago

The Harvest mite

The harvest mite, ''Trombicula autumnalis'', is a species of mite of the family Trombiculidae. Their larvae live parasitically; they infect all domestic mammals, humans, and some ground-nesting birds.

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Similar species: Trombidiform Mites

Species identified by gglaeser