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Admit it. You want to pet it. How can you not, with that velvety coat? The red velvet mite spends its larval stage as a parasite on arthropods. As nymphs and adults they descend to the forest floor to become hunters. But don't try to eat one yourself: they have no natural predators (even ants won't touch t...

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	Mite Velvet Predator (Preview)	Parasitic / Microscopic / Microbial Species	2	1975	Dec 28, 2009 by Shem
	Admit it. You want to pet it. How can you not, with that velvety coat? The red velvet mite spends its larval stage as a parasite on arthropods. As nymphs and adults they descend to the forest floor to become hunters. But don't try to eat one yourself: they have no natural predators (even ants won't touch t...