#calyptostoma

[wild-e-eep]

I don't really know what's going on here. A big mite (4mm!) feeding(?) on a crane fly(?) larva.

There is a kind of mite - Calyptostoma - that specifically parasitises crane flies: the young mites cling to adult crane flies while the adult mites feed on crane fly larvae - like this?

I haven't found much information on them yet, though.

iNaturalist observation 267018079

[crosseeeeeeeeee]

tf is this cranefly's dream