Eggs are spherical, and pale yellow. The immature mite is yellow or greenish. It is carmine during hibernation. The body from above is elliptical, about 510 m long and 360 m wide. Dorsal transverse integumental striations continue on the posterior part of the body, between all dorsocentral body setae.
Legs are shorter than the body, and robust.
The mature male is greenish if unfed and red if fed, sagittate from above, and averages 360 m long and 250 m wide.