#4236 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Elm Leaf Gall Mite

🇳🇱 Iepenknobbelmijt ·Aceria campestricola

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Eric Knopf · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Johan Devos · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Tomas Pocius · CC0
4. © oliverc29 · CC BY 4.0
5. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © chris_84 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
8. 2211 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
9. Voorhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
10. Voorhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Aceria campestricola , is a species of mite in the family Eriophyidae. The mite causes galls on the leaves of elms ( Ulmus species) and was described by Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld in 1865.

base stats

NL sightings 65iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,651iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).