That Looks Unpleasant

I was walking about the yard as I am want to do, when I spotted a bug with a very orange head.

So I took a picture. As I am also want to do.

But when I looked at the picture I saw that the insect, a Cranefly, did not have an orange head.

Rather, the orange bits are mites. 

Ouch.

The cranefly is Tipula ultima, the mites are Mites sp. 

And both were cool to see (and were in the New Meadow Garden).

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Thanks to John Maxwell, Stephen Mason, and Jon Gelhous for helping with and ID'ing the Cranefly.