#4324 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Galium gall mite

🇳🇱 Rouhollahi’s walstrobladmijt ·Cecidophyes rouhollahi

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

1. © John Lyden · CC BY 4.0
2. © matthewjones · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © foxandcubs · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Steve Orridge · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Chatham Islands, Rekohu (Chatham Island), Te Whanga, Pana | Blind Jim's toward Cattle Point:© no rights reserved · CC0
6. Longstone, Edinburgh EH14, UK:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Mangawhai, New Zealand:© Joseph Knight · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand:© Joe Potter Butler · CC BY 4.0
9. 25 Woodchester Ave, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand:© Colin Meurk · CC BY-SA 4.0
10. Unitec Mt Albert Campus, Mount Albert, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand:© Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Cecidophyes rouhollahi is a mite species in the genus Cecidophyes . It is a plant parasite found on Galium aparine and can be a potential biological control agent for Galium spurium .

base stats

NL sightings 10iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,531iNaturalist 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).