Family Trombidiidae (Noun)
Meaning
Mites.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Family Trombidiidae consists of several hundred species of mites commonly known as berry bugs or harvest mites.
- Some members of family Trombidiidae have larvae that attach to animals for transportation before dropping off to begin feeding on plants.
- Most family Trombidiidae species undergo holometabolism with an active six-legged larva.
- Species of family Trombidiidae range from translucent white to orange to reddish brown and some species exhibit unique shapes and forms.
- Despite the various stages in family Trombidiidae the free-living six-legged stages, whether juvenile or adult are also sometimes encountered by humans and their animals.