Mites to be found in and around Torphins Wood, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Torphins is a village in upper Deeside, Aberdeenshire Scotland. There is nothing particularly special about the wood, so things found there can probably be found in many other Scottish, British or even European woods. For more information on Torphins itself and the vertebrates go to Torphins.org.

Insects, beetles 1, 2, ground beetles 1 2, springtails, earwigs, flies, true bugs, bumblebees, bees, wasps, sawflies, butterflies and moths 1 2 3 lacewings etc., dragonflies and damselflies, stoneflies,		Flatworms	Slugs/snails	Worms/leeches	Lice
		Millipedes/centipedes etc.	Spiders 1, 2, harvestmen, mites, ticks, etc.	Woodlice, water fleas, cyclops

Cheyletus sp. a hunting mite.

Found in birds nests all year round.

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Humerobates sp. a soil mite.

Found in the soil.

All year round.

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Trombicula autumnalis, the harvest mite.

Found on vegetation in autumn.

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