Ear mite
Otodectus
Epidermal debris
Scab mite
Psoroptes
Hair covered parts
Itch mite
Sarcoptes
Less hairy regions
Burrows into skin
Human follicle mite
Demodicidae
Demodex
House dust mite
Pyroglyphidae
Dermatolhagoides
Microscopic scavengers
Tobacco spider mite
Tetanychus evansi
Under leaf
Gall mite
Eriophyidae
Aceria
Stems, fruit, growth tips, young leaves
Predator mite
Phytoseidae
Soft ticks
Argasidae Argas reflexus (fowl tick) Ornithodoros moubata (relapsing fever tick)
Hard ticks
Ixodidae Amblyomma (bont ticks) Hyalomma (bont legged ticks) Rhipicephalus (red tick) Rhipicephalus (boophilus) decoloratus (blue tick) - babesia
Life cycle
Egg Larvae Protonymph Deutonymph Adult
Intermediate tick
Nuttalliellidae
Nuttalliella namaqua