#4257 · 🕷️ spiders & kin
Alder Leaf Gall Mite
🇳🇱 Elzenwratmijt ·Eriophyes laevis
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what is it?
Eriophyes laevis is a gall mite which makes small, pimple-like galls on the leaves of alder ( Alnus species). The mite was first described by the Austrian zoologist, Alfred Nalepa in 1889 and is found in Europe and North America.
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 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,156 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Alfred Nalepa in 1889 (137 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Alder Leaf Gall Mite
- Nederlands
- Elzenwratmijt
- scientific name
- Eriophyes laevis
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Sarcoptiformes
- family
- Eriophyidae
- sightings in NL
- 37
- sightings in Europe
- 2,334
- sightings worldwide
- 5,156
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,423
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1889 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
#4245 📷 10Walnut Blister Mite
🇳🇱 Okkernootviltmijt
Aceria erinea
👀 45 in NL
#4254 📷 10Willow Bead Gall Mite
🇳🇱 Schietwilgwratmijt
Aculus tetanothrix
👀 38 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 464223, Wikidata Q10488186, GBIF 6913634, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.