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title: "Intertidal Red Mite"
description: "Neomolgus littoralis — Insetti e ragni. Neomolgus littoralis, also known as the intertidal red mite, is a species of snout mite in the family Bdellidae, found along shorelines in North America, Europe, and Japan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/intertidal-red-mite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Intertidal Red Mite

> Neomolgus littoralis — Insetti e ragni. Neomolgus littoralis, also known as the intertidal red mite, is a species of snout mite in the family Bdellidae, found along shorelines in North America, Europe, and Japan.

- Scientific name: *Neomolgus littoralis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1242
- Wikidata: [Q4629000](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4629000)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120956](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120956)

## Names

- en: Intertidal Red Mite
- es: Ácaro de terciopelo rojo
- fr: Acarien rouge des rivages

## Countries with the most observations

US (391), CA (256), GB (62), IS (54), SJ (26), NO (20), FR (16), FO (9), RU (8), GL (6), IE (6), CL (4)

## Summary

Neomolgus littoralis, also known as the intertidal red mite, is a species of snout mite in the family Bdellidae, found along shorelines in North America, Europe, and Japan. These mites can reach 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in length. They are red with ridges on their abdomens, white hairs on their legs, and long snouts. They eat small insects, including kelp flies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neomolgus_littoralis

## Photo

![Intertidal Red Mite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/intertidal-red-mite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Emily Langdon-Lassagne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244039901

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/intertidal-red-mite?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).