Dinothrombium velvet mites are elephants among the acari. These raisin- sized arthropods roam the Sonoran Desert floor after the onset of summer rains.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
A predatory velvet mite forages along a mossy log in an eastern deciduous forest.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Dinothrombium velvet mites are elephants among the acari. These raisin- sized arthropods roam the Sonoran Desert floor after the onset of summer rains.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Dinothrombium velvet mites are elephants among the acari. These raisin- sized arthropods roam the Sonoran Desert floor after the onset of summer rains.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Dinothrombium velvet mites are elephants among the acari. These raisin- sized arthropods roam the Sonoran Desert floor after the onset of summer rains.

Tucson, Arizona, USA
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