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Wikispecies

Adult harvest mite Trombicula autumnalis

Noun

harvest mite ‎(plural harvest mites)

1. Any of various mites of the genus Trombicula that inhabit forests and grasslands and which, in their larval stage, attach to various animals including humans and feed on skin, often causing itching.

Synonyms

• (Trobicula): red bug, trombiculid mite, scrub-itch mite, berry bug
  • (in the larval stage) chigger

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• harvest time