照片/聲音

觀察者

christineyoung

日期

7月 31, 2022 08:40 EDT

照片/聲音

觀察者

christineyoung

日期

7月 31, 2022 20:02 EDT

描述

The tiny white things are the mites. Found inside a Coneflower Rosette Mite Gall (Family Eriophyidae) on Echinacea sp.

Photographed with a microscope.

To see the mites in action:
https://vimeo.com/735614976

Here is what the gall looks like:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129065735

The oblong orange thing is possibly a plant bug pupa for the same species as the nymph seen here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129063172