Biology:Neotrombicula autumnalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Trombiculidae |
| Genus: | Neotrombicula |
| Species: | N. autumnalis
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| Neotrombicula autumnalis (Shaw, 1790)
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Neotrombicula autumnalis, known as the harvest mite or autumn chigger, is a species of mite of the family Trombiculidae. Their larvae live parasitically; they infect all domestic mammals, humans, and some ground-nesting birds.[2]
Description
The larvae are normally orange or red with six legs, but develop eight legs by nymph stage. The larvae are up to 0.2 mm (0.01 in) in size, with adult mites about 1 mm (0.04 in) long.
Life cycle
The eggs are laid in damp soil. After hatching, the larvae climb blades of grass and wait for a potential host.[2] With their "blade-like chelicerae",[2] they attach themselves to the hosts and feed on their tissues. After sucking, which lasts several days,[2] they fall off and develop over three stages of nymph to adult mites.
References
- ↑ "Neotrombicula autumnalis". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/4541106.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Richard Wall & David Shearer (2001). "Trombiculidae". Veterinary Ectoparasites: Biology, Pathology, and Control (2nd ed.). John Wiley and Sons. pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-0-632-05618-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=AMljlwB0ej0C&pg=PA47.
Wikidata ☰ Q1300469 entry 3. Gilbert White The Natural History of Selbourne (JM Dent & Sons Ltd, 1906) described in letter dated 30 March 1771
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