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#4259 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

solitary maple leaf gall mite

🇳🇱 Esdoornnerfhoekmijt ·Aceria macrochela

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in the Netherlands
solitary maple leaf gall mite, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

De esdoornnerfhoekmijt ( Aceria macrochela , synoniemen: Aceria macrochelus en Eriophyes macrochelus ) is een mijt die behoort tot de familie Eriophyidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd gepubliceerd in 1891 door Alfred Nalepa.

base stats

  • NL sightings 34iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,477iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

  • Spotted 34 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,477 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
solitary maple leaf gall mite
Nederlands
Esdoornnerfhoekmijt
scientific name
Aceria macrochela
class
Arachnida
order
Sarcoptiformes
family
Eriophyidae
sightings in NL
34
sightings in Europe
1,030
sightings worldwide
1,477
GBIF records in NL
1,544
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Eriophyidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 487527, Wikidata Q15726258, GBIF 4544634, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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