#4323 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Grauwe wilgbladrandmijt

Aculus craspedobius

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

1. © Andrea Kreuzhage · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Josué Amoroso · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Highbridge, UK:© Neil · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Angeja, Portugal:© Charcos Companhia · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Ploubalay, 22650 Beaussais-sur-Mer, France:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Aculus craspedobius is a species of mite which causes galls on the leaves of willows ( Salix species). It was first described by Alfred Nalepa in 1925.

base stats

NL sightings 11iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 192iNaturalist 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).