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Prune mite

Carpoglyphus lactis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedarachnids

The prune mite (Carpoglyphus lactis) is a species in the family Carpoglyphidae, order Sarcoptiformes. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the prune 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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the prune 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 prune mite is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the prune 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 prune mite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderSarcoptiformes
  5. familyCarpoglyphidae
  6. genusCarpoglyphus
  7. SpeciesCarpoglyphus lactis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Acarus lactis

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Dried fruit miteEnglish
  • mlékohub obecnýCzech
  • SveskemideDanish
  • ConfiturenmijtDutch
  • kryddkrämarkvalsterSwedish
  • Kurumeyve AkarıTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the prune mite

Other species in the same genus Carpoglyphus.

ComparePrune mite vs Carpoglyphus afzaliPrune mite vs Carpoglyphus alienusPrune mite vs Carpoglyphus ganzhouensisPrune mite vs Carpoglyphus munroi

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the prune mite live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the prune mite for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the prune mite?

The prune mite (Carpoglyphus lactis) belongs to the family Carpoglyphidae in the order Sarcoptiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Prune mite (Carpoglyphus lactis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/prune-mite

MLA

“Prune mite (Carpoglyphus lactis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/prune-mite.

BibTeX
@misc{prune_mite_2026,
  title = {Prune mite (Carpoglyphus lactis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/prune-mite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}