Tags: Arachnid.
Oribatida (formerly Cryptostigmata) also known as moss mites or beetle mites are an order of mites in the chewing Acariformes clade Sarcoptiformes. They range in size from 0.2 to 1.4 millimetres (0.008 to 0.055 in).Oribatid mites generally have low metabolic rates slow development and low fecundity. Species are iteroparous with adults living a relatively long time; for example estimates of development time from egg to adult vary from several months to two years in temperate forest soils.
