Three-spotted Velvet Mite
Dorsal		Ellura
Three-spotted Velvet Mite
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Three-spotted Velvet Mite (Paratrombium album)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)
Order: Mites (Trombidiformes)
Family: Velvet Mite (Trombidiidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Three-spotted Velvet Mite (Paratrombium album)
This Photo:     Profile
Thank you Owen Seeman for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~3mm long (excl legs)
As you can see, much darker red than others. More of a Burgandy colour. Plus of course the 3 well defined white spots.
Copyright © 2024-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 21-Jul-2024
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.