Alex Hyde / Giant Indian Velvet Mite (Trombidium grandissimum), captive. Endemic to India.

Alex Hyde / Giant Indian Velvet Mite (Trombidium grandissimum), captive. Endemic to India.

Solvin Zankl / Giant Red Mite {Trombidium holosericeum} on sand, Namib desert, Namibia

Premaphotos / Giant red velvet mite (Trombidium sp.) in savannah, Kenya

Adrian Davies / Marbled white butterfly {Melanargia galathea} with larva of {Trombidium sp} mite on abdomen, UK

Piotr Naskrecki / Velvet Mite (Trombidium sp) pair, smaller male following larger female, Madagascar

Premaphotos / Red earth mite (Trombidium holocericeum) in a garden, UK

Premaphotos / Velvet mite (Trombidium sp.) gathering with Springtails (Anurida sp.) on the surface of a rock-pool, Kenya