This is the only picture in the set in which the mite was alive. I had to kill it in alcohol for the others, because it was scurrying around too much to stay in focus at the high zoom level needed to show some detail on such a tiny critter.
Acari (Mites) Mite Adult from Mystery Creek #62 in New York
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