Beer Bahoti | Red Velvet Mite | بہیر بوٹی

Arabic : Kaghna

Latin : Trombidiidae

English: Red Velvet Mite

Urdu: Beer Bahoti

Persian: Kirm Arosak

This insect is called Rain Bug, ‘Rani Keeda’, Red Velvet Mite, and Beer Bahuti. These insects come on surface for short time and disappear quickly. These insects are covered by velvet like cover. These are harmless and amazing.

A medical practitioner who also deals with sexual disorders told INFN that the traditional healers believe that oil extracted from this insect is used as a counter-irritant, but it appears to have no such properties, and its efficacy as a medicine is probably purely imaginary and due to its colour. It is also learnt that the red velvetmites play a vital role in the decomposition process