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Clover mite

Bryobia praetiosa Koch, 1836

Status not recordedarachnids

The clover mite (Bryobia praetiosa) is a species in the family Tetranychidae, order Trombidiformes. Source checklists list it for 50 countries, including Argentina, Australia and Austria.

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Quick facts about the clover mite

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
50 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the clover mite live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The clover mite is listed for 50 countries.

CanadaUnited States of AmericaKazakhstanArgentinaChileNorwayGreenlandSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilBoliviaPeruColombiaCosta RicaIsraelIraqSouth KoreaIndiaPakistanIranSwedenPolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaGermanyGreeceTurkeySwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandNew ZealandAustraliaChinaTaiwanItalyDenmarkGeorgiaFinlandJapanParaguayYemenCyprusMoroccoEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Australia
  3. Austria
  4. Belgium
  5. Bolivia
  6. Brazil
  7. Canada
  8. Chile
  9. China
  10. Colombia
  11. Costa Rica
  12. Cyprus
  13. Denmark
  14. Egypt
  15. Finland
  16. Georgia
  17. Germany
  18. Gibraltar
  19. Greece
  20. Greenland
  21. Hungary
  22. India
  23. Iran
  24. Iraq
  25. Ireland
  26. Israel
  27. Italy
  28. Japan
  29. Kazakhstan
  30. Mexico
  31. Morocco
  32. Netherlands
  33. New Zealand
  34. Norway
  35. Pakistan
  36. Paraguay
  37. Peru
  38. Poland
  39. Portugal
  40. Romania
Show 10 more countries
  1. San Marino
  2. South Africa
  3. South Korea
  4. Spain
  5. Sweden
  6. Switzerland
  7. Taiwan
  8. Türkiye
  9. United States
  10. Yemen

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the clover mite as introduced in 1 country.

  1. South Africa

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the clover mite endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the clover mite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderTrombidiformes
  5. familyTetranychidae
  6. genusBryobia
  7. SpeciesBryobia praetiosa Koch, 1836

Synonyms Bryobia humeralis, Bryobia latitans, Bryobia praetiosa, Bryobia pseudopraetiosa, Torynophora serrata

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Rotklee-MilbeGerman
  • 클로버응애Korean
  • GrasharlekijnmijtDutch
  • soldyrkareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the clover mite

Other species in the same genus Bryobia.

Brown mite

Bryobia rubrioculus

TetranychidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the clover mite live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the clover mite for 50 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium and Bolivia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the clover mite an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the clover mite as introduced in 1 country: South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the clover mite?

The clover mite (Bryobia praetiosa) belongs to the family Tetranychidae in the order Trombidiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Clover mite (Bryobia praetiosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/clover-mite

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{clover_mite_2026,
  title = {Clover mite (Bryobia praetiosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clover-mite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}