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The microcosmos might seem like a safe place from a surprise spider attack, but it would be misleading to pretend that it’s completely free of spider-like sightings. Because even at this small scale, you could find yourself subject to an ambush of the arachnid sort.

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SOURCES:
https://uwm.edu/field-station/water-mite/
https://uwm.edu/field-station/water-mite/
keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/TFI/start%20key/key/chelicerata%20key/Media/HTML/Acariformes.html
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.01206/full
core.ac.uk/download/pdf/141728662.pdf
elsevier.com/books/ecology-and-classification-of-north-american-freshwater-invertebrates/thorp/978-0-12-374855-3