#4245 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Walnut Blister Mite
🇳🇱 Okkernootviltmijt ·Aceria erinea
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what is it?
Aceria erinea is a species of mites belonging to the family Eriophyidae, the gall mites.
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 45 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,783 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Alfred Nalepa in 1891 (135 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Walnut Blister Mite
- Nederlands
- Okkernootviltmijt
- scientific name
- Aceria erinea
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Sarcoptiformes
- family
- Eriophyidae
- sightings in NL
- 45
- sightings in Europe
- 3,330
- sightings worldwide
- 3,783
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,050
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1891 by Alfred Nalepa
relatives· Eriophyidae
#4219 📷 10Red Nail Gall Mite
🇳🇱 Lindehoorntjesmijt
Eriophyes tiliae
👀 97 in NL
#4221 📷 10alder vein angle gall
🇳🇱 Elzennerfhoekmijt
Eriophyes inangulis
👀 86 in NL
#4226 📷 8Sycamore Cherry Mite
🇳🇱 Esdoornknobbelmijt
Aceria cephalonea
👀 78 in NL
#4236 📷 10Elm Leaf Gall Mite
🇳🇱 Iepenknobbelmijt
Aceria campestricola
👀 65 in NL
#4254 📷 10Willow Bead Gall Mite
🇳🇱 Schietwilgwratmijt
Aculus tetanothrix
👀 38 in NL
#4257 📷 7Alder Leaf Gall Mite
🇳🇱 Elzenwratmijt
Eriophyes laevis
👀 37 in NL
#4259 📷 10solitary maple leaf gall mite
🇳🇱 Esdoornnerfhoekmijt
Aceria macrochela
👀 34 in NL
#4262 📷 10Alder erineum mite
🇳🇱 Elzenviltmijt
Acalitus brevitarsus
👀 33 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 358373, Wikidata Q2132120, GBIF 2128502, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.