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Definition of Harvest mite

1. Noun. Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.

Definition of Harvest mite

1. Noun. any of various mites of the genus ''Trombicula''. Inhabiting forests and grasslands, in their larval stage they attach to various animals including humans and feed on skin, often causing itching. ¹

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Literary usage of Harvest mite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy by Richard Thoma (1896)
"... Autumnalis (harvest mite) This reddish-coloured mite, which is about 0'3 to 0'5 mm. long, is the early form of ..."

2. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"Head louse. (x 13.) 310 107. Body louse. (x 20.) 312 108. Crab louse. (x 20.) 314 109. Adult of harvest mite (T. ..."

3. A System of Practical Medicine by William Pepper, Louis Starr (1886)
"... irritans (irritating harvest mite, harvest bug, mower's mite). The former is a minute, brick-red colored, elongate, pyriform creature with six legs, ..."

4. Diseases of the Skin by Richard Lightburn Sutton (1919)
"harvest mite, male and female. (After CV Riley.) enormous numbers in the grass and bushes, in fields, and in moist, swampy places. ..."

5. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin by John Vietch Shoemaker (1909)
"The latter, the irritating harvest-mite, which is of the two species more numerous in individuals, ... The harvest-mite usually attacks the ankles and legs, ..."

6. Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests by Alpheus Spring Packard (1873)
"American harvest mite; b. Irritating harvest mite; the dots underneath indicating the natural size. nate in getting rid of mud and dirt, ..."

7. A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin by Louis Adolphus Duhring (1881)
"... or American harvest mite.—This is a minute, active, brick-red colored, elongate pyriform creature with six long legs, barely visible to the naked eye. ..."

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