I recently moved from Tucson, Arizona to Modesto, California.
I finished my Ph.D. in Political Science focusing on American Government and International Relations. I have a...
It's a mite, related to the chigger family but I think this one is in the family Erythraeidae. They feed on other Arthropods as juveniles, unlike the Trombiculids that like to pester vertebrates including humans. Nice capture.
Excellent shot Kerri. it's a garden variety of Hedge of Field Bindweed. the wild ones are white for hedge and pink for the field one. the bug is a red mite. :)