Identificaciones de rayfisher

Maybe a mm wide. Water mite.

Anaesthetized in carbonated water for photography. Most North American species can only be identified to species-level as slide-mounted larvae.

Could not identify exact collection location, but collected within the City of Orlando.

Specimen provided by Doug Strom at the Florida Association of Aquatic Biologists Aquatic Mite identification workshop.

Either captured at the Santa Fe River with Ray Fisher or at the pond near the UF Entomology and Nematology building.

Either captured at the Santa Fe River with Ray Fisher or at the pond near the UF Entomology and Nematology building.

Large, glossy mites scavenging a fly's carcass.

In Cross Trails Pond