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Old 08-05-2008, 04:17 PM
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Just curious as to whether anyone knows what these mini red spiders are called?

I can't really compare the size as they're too tiny but my beardie was trying to eat one on my window sill today and it got me thinking as to what it was.
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Old 08-05-2008, 04:27 PM
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I remember those, theyre tiny like a pin head and they swarm on warm bricks and stuff in summer, i'd like to know what they are too, i remember watching them as a kid on my grans wall!
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Old 08-05-2008, 04:28 PM
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Thats the ones! strange little creatures seemed to keep little sid entertained for long enough though!
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I believe they are infact red velvet mites
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Yep they're red velvet mites
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Old 08-05-2008, 05:38 PM
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Hmmm so not spiders at all then...why on earth are they bright red when they live on stone in Britain of all places?
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Old 08-05-2008, 05:43 PM
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Here is an interesting read:

Red Velvet Mite - a garden friend

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Old 08-05-2008, 05:44 PM
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there still from the arachnid family tho
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Old 08-05-2008, 06:07 PM
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there still from the arachnid family tho
Apparently not..."The adult mites have eight legs, they are not spiders nor insects, but a different Order of invertebrates, the Acari, with about 30,000 species of Mites and Ticks" QUOTE
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0.0.1 Fire Leg Tarantula (Brachypelma boehmei) Zippo

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Apparently not..."The adult mites have eight legs, they are not spiders nor insects, but a different Order of invertebrates, the Acari, with about 30,000 species of Mites and Ticks" QUOTE
Im pretty sure acari are in arachnidae
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