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Aquatic mite
* Most aquatic mites undergo incomplete metamorphosis
* Some aquatic mites live in sea.

Broad mite
* are also susceptible to various miticides
  - still around on pepper and eggplant in widely scattered locations
* can also infest vegetable bedding plants such as beans, peppers and tomatoes
  - complete their life cycle from egg to adult in as little as one week's time
* continue to increase and some fields are reaching low to moderate levels of infestation.
* inject a toxin from their saliva as they feed.

Chicken mite
* Most chicken mites feed at night and spend the day in cracks around roosts, nests and walls
  - hide in cracks
* Some chicken mites survive several months.
* are small and grey or yellow in color, but darken after filling with blood.

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Chigger
* also bite people and generally are too small to be seen without magnification.
* are active from spring to late fall but are most numerous in early summer
  - common to the southern United States
  - especially common in moist low-lying areas
  - larvas
  - mites that attack humans
  - parasitic on warm-blooded animals
  - pests
* are the immature stage of a harvest mite
  - mite, usually infesting the under-wing, leg and thigh areas
  - larvae of a type of mite found in tall grass and weeds
  - tiny and red, and they are a type of mite
  - usually a problem in late spring and summer
  - worldwide pests
* attach themselves to tender skin areas to feed.
* can be abundant in summer but can also be controlled with repellant.
* crawl about on vegetation, waiting to attach to a host.
* feed in clusters on the thighs, breast, underside of the wings, and around the vent.
* feed on a variety of wild and domestic animals, as well as humans
  - wide variety of snakes, turtles, birds, and small mammals as well as humans
  - humans, as well as a wide variety of snakes, turtles, birds, and small mammals
* is the name given in North America to a skin parasite called Trombicula autumnalis.
* live and breed on the ground and prefer a warm, moist habitat where rodents are abundant
  - outdoors in tall weeds and grass
* spend most of their lives in cracks in the soil.

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Clover mite
* Most clover mites go through stages.
* are common nuisance pests in Nebraska, often invading structures in enormous numbers
  - harmless and the red stains are the red pigments from their body fluids
  - harmless, but their presence inside the house nuisance
  - larger, brown or gray, flat, and have very long front legs
  - only a temporary nuisance
  - pinhead-sized mites that feed on grasses and other plants around structures
* are plant feeders only
  - that occasionally invade homes
  - reddish-brown and have long front legs
  - smaller than a pin head
  - so tiny they stick easily to almost any type of sticky tape
  - tiny spider mites about the size of a small pin head
  - usually inactive during summer and winter
  - widespread and occasionally very abundant
* can be a serious nuisance pest when they enter buildings in spring
  - become active at temperatures slightly above freezing
* continue and banks grass mites begin to increase in droughty areas.
* develop on lawn grasses and weeds around the foundation of buildings.
* enter homes when their food plants are removed or dry up.
* invade structures.
* occur as periodic pests of lawns and are a nuisance when they migrate into homes
  - in large numbers
* reproduce outdoors.

Cyclamen mite
* are primarily pests in second year plantings
  - serious pest of strawberries
  - shiny and elliptical in shape with four pair of legs
* prevents young plants from forming normal flower buds.