# Yellow mite (Tydeidae) Lorryia formosa 2 edit

- By: Photo by Eric Erbe; digital colorization by Chris Pooley.
- Date: 2005-03-22
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: This image was released by the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, with the ID K9077-22 (next).
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow_mite_(Tydeidae)_Lorryia_formosa_2_edit.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
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Historically, mites have been difficult to study because of their minute size. But now, ARS scientists are freezing mites in their tracks and using scanning electron microscopy to observe them in detail. Here a yellow mite, Lorryia formosa, commonly found on citrus plants, is shown among some fungi. False color. Magnified about 850x.