#4219 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Red Nail Gall Mite

🇳🇱 Lindehoorntjesmijt ·Eriophyes tiliae

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

1. © Stephan Mende · CC BY 4.0
2. © mikebwd · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Klaus Bohn · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © murrdogg · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Susan J. Hewitt · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Houtlaan, Leiden, South Holland, NL:© rasahtlab · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Distelweg, 1031 HJ Amsterdam, Pays-Bas:© Mathias · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sittard:© jackadder · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 5036 NA Tilburg, Nederland:© Wendy de Beer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Eriophyes tiliae is a mite (an acarid, not an insect) that forms the lime nail gall or bugle gall . It develops in a chemically induced gall; an erect, oblique or curved distortion rising up from the upper surface of the leaves of the common lime (linden) tree Tilia × europaea .

base stats

NL sightings 97iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,573iNaturalist 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 97 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #34 most seen of the spiders & kin in NL.
17,573 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Alexander Pagenstecher in 1857 (169 years ago).