They are mites, perhaps coming from a rodent bait.
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Can anyone help me identify this bug from a sticky trap? I don’t recognize
That should be o-r-ibatid mites!
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Hi Betsy
These are oibatid mites. If they were in Brtiain, I'
How many legs? It is difficult to see on your photo. Ticks would have
eight legs.
Dawn Roberts
Collections Manager
Chicago Academy of Sciences
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Collections Facility and Office:
4001 North Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613
Nature Museum:
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Hi Betsy
These are oibatid mites. If they were in Brtiain, I'd guess they were
Phauloppia lucorum, but I'm not sure what species you breed over in
Washington.
Tony
Dr A.G.Irwin, Natural History Department, Castle Museum Study Centre,
Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich NR1 3JQ, England.
Tel:+44 1603
Dear list-
Can anyone help me identify this bug from a sticky trap? I don't
recognize it as one of the usual suspects - book lice are my main catch.
It is tiny and looks like dust to the naked eye but under a microscope
it looks somewhat like a tick. It measures .485 mm or about one
sixty-fourth o
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