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03/30/2009 02:28:17 AM · #1 |
Can anyone identify this mite sized bug? I believe I have ruled out head and pubic lice, have also ruled out dust mite and grain mites.
The picture shown shows this creature from the underside. It was taken with a scanner, my best macro was just a curved dot. This is the forth or fifth of these I have found in the past 1-2 weeks. Always on my monitor crawling across, which being stared at all the time gives the best chance to be noticed.
It is stuck to a piece of clear tape. You will notice the body was bending at the time, you will notice what appears to be a wing revealed in the shot.
The black dot inside the red circle is his actual size as compared to a US Dime.
Reasons for disqualifying above;
Head lice have no wings and are wide in the rear, their eyes are placed back on the sides of the head.
Pubic lice are roundish and also wingless.
Dust mites are roundish and wingless.
Grain mites while yellow are round.
I've also ruled out misc other mites and creatures, bird mites, wing mites. but I didn't make a note of all of them, I just wanted to rule out the likely common guesses :)
I would be very thankful for some help here as these things are beginning to creep me out though, I'm beginning to itch all over, gah!
Message edited by author 2009-03-30 02:28:50. |
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03/30/2009 04:54:50 AM · #2 |
Hi Togtog, could be some type of aphid or spider mite??
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03/30/2009 05:00:18 AM · #3 |
lol, this has to be my favourite forum post so far!
Could it possibly be a cockroach in the larvae stage? Look beyond the obvious (ie mites and lice) and wonder if it is a pre-pubescent creature that will change colour and size in a week or so..... |
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03/30/2009 05:11:17 AM · #4 |
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03/30/2009 10:03:28 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
Humid house? |
He lives in Florida. Need I say more? Those things are EVERYWHERE down there, I think...
R.
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03/30/2009 10:09:06 AM · #6 |
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03/30/2009 06:58:02 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by hahn23:
Humid house? |
He lives in Florida. Need I say more? Those things are EVERYWHERE down there, I think...
R. |
Everywhere, for sure! Springtails thrive from the Arctic to the Tropics. Hexapods are only quasi-insect. I recognized the critter by the curved tail. They can "jump" about 4 inches. (hence, the name!) These are the black specks on the melting snowdrifts in Colorado. These macroscopic "creatures" are my reminder to carry my drinking water in a nalgene (bpa-free) bottle, filled from my tap. (To say nothing of Giardiasis... Well, I have some theories on why the good die young.) I routinely see people (mostly southern tourists) scooping up a handful of snow to suck on, just like it was pristine water.
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03/31/2009 08:01:53 PM · #8 |
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03/31/2009 08:17:44 PM · #9 |
| I had many many biology classes. The scientific name of this insect is Yellobugis nexttodimeus. |
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03/31/2009 08:30:43 PM · #10 |
Sorry sorry, I keep getting caught up with something. It was rude of me not to reply, I lost track of time.
Many thanks to everyone who replied!!
The springtail looks the closest, and I have been running a humidifier in my bedroom because of this flu bug, so it has been especially humid.
However one additional detail I should add is that the shot or scan rather is from the under the beast, it was in the process of turning when I caught it, so its tail isn't in the traditional springed state. If that changes any guesses about it.
Thanks again guys, sorry for being so absent on the thread I started!
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