A SIDEWALK MITE (08/13/23)

This short wildlife video features a sidewalk mite (Balaustiinae spp.) on a pipe. It is an active hunter of soft insects and small insect eggs, but it can also live on nutritious flower pollen. For this reason, a sidewalk mite can be found in and near gardens and plant containers as well as backyard patios and sidewalks. These super small arachnids are unlikely to take notice of people, even if they walk over them to get to other places.

[On 08/13/23, I recorded this video at 7:25 A.M.]