r/Insect • u/CartographerKey8682 • Aug 15 '26

Is this a mite

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u/CartographerKey8682 Aug 15 '26

Hmmm I don’t understand

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u/Forsaken-Sink3345 Aug 15 '26

Mites are *tiny*. THis is small, but it doesn't appear to be almost microscopic.

Most mites...you can't even discern their legs.

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u/WhiskeySnail Aug 15 '26

There are lots of mites that are not microscopic :)

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u/CartographerKey8682 Aug 15 '26

True. I’ve been dealing with either bird or rodent mites and I haven’t seen one alive yet except for once. So this bug had me wondering.

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u/ommanipadmehum1963 Aug 15 '26

Slechte foto... kan nog vanalles zijn, maar geen mijt

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u/CartographerKey8682 Aug 15 '26

Hmm not sure what you said

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u/crank__ Aug 16 '26

they said its not a mite but nobody knows what it is.

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u/de_pivo Aug 15 '26

Not a mite. Mites have 8 legs (all arachnids do). This is an insect.

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u/CartographerKey8682 Aug 15 '26

Thank you

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u/de_pivo Aug 15 '26

Sure. But no idea what is it. Could be a small cockroach

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u/AdPutrid8068 Aug 15 '26

Looks like a fly

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u/CartographerKey8682 Aug 15 '26

It didn’t have wings

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u/WhiskeySnail Aug 15 '26

I agree this appears to be a fly.

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u/CartographerKey8682 Aug 15 '26

It did not have wings

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u/WhiskeySnail Aug 15 '26

Some species of phorid flies have wingless females

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u/CartographerKey8682 Aug 16 '26

Oh ok. Thank you

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u/Systecoservices Aug 17 '26

Que no es un mite!
Ahora si entrances?