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harvest mite

DEFINITIONS OF: harvest mite

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n larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation

Synonyms:
chigger, jigger, redbug
Type of:
trombiculid
mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
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