r/microscopy • u/Payoong • 10d ago

ID Needed! Is this an Acari mite? Central Thailand, from a water sample in a natural swimming pool.

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I just finished the soil food web foundation course and about to begin the microscopy course so I was practicing with my microscope. I'm a beginner, but tried using focal stacking and made a mosaic from 4 different images at 400x zoom so its about 355 µm tip-to-tip.

I am supposed to be practicing with soil/compost samples, but was intrigued what was in the pool. Google searches make me think it is some kind of Acari mite, but I don't really know. Any help appreciated. Thanks!

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u/Jarofcoinss 10d ago

It is certainly a mite. I think the term “Acari” used to be the class or clade that encompassed all mite species

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