The "What is this bug?" thread
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Midge or mossie?
It's not that fuzzy, you'll kick yourself when you know. Look at the way the legs are oriented and the area around the mouth. It's a very small, very fast insect. It's a miracle my camera focussed on that and not the fox I had pinged in the background. Look again at the first picture and imagine it flying past you. You'd ID right away.
And easily visible now you said that 
The mites were acting as a camouflage breaking up the harvestman shape. Cool
The mites were acting as a camouflage breaking up the harvestman shape. Cool 
Yip just read on a bit and seen that ,or even the rice paper butterfly,,,,,,,good one i liked that
Jason
Action shot...
That does not look like a Mosquito to me the wings look far to big
More than one here...
Right, this.
Yes, its a harvestman, with mites feeding at the leg joints. I've never found the brown harvestman species easy to identify in the field, but I think that is Paroligolophus agrestis. I don't know about the mites. My Opilionid books, which give the info I need on them, are all on loan to an associate at the moment.
And something's house...
Looks like the home of a Coelotes to me, probably Coelotes atropos. if it was in grass I'd say Agelena labyrinthica, but it isn't that.
I lied, here's another
Yes, Red Breasted Carrion Beetle, Oiceoptoma thoracica. Scruffy looking thing, but a nice pic.
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