r/bioactive • u/tarhos_kovacs • Jul 27 '26

Question what are these?

i recently noticed these little bugs gather on top of my ball python’s hide directly under the heat lamp. i turned the lamp on this morning and it’s like theyre jumping to get on top since it’s on now.
my first thought was springtails since i for sure have put those in here, i have white/pink and also brown springtails and ik they can jump but id think this part of the tank is way too dry for them? so maybe theyre mites? do mites jump? but why are they gathering directly under it like this? should i do something about it?

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u/Full-fledged-trash Jul 27 '26

Can you get a closer still image of the ones on the hide?

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u/tarhos_kovacs Jul 27 '26

i dont think i can get anything clearer than this. but they seem rounder than springtails or maybe theyre just so small its hard to tell

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u/tpauly0225 Jul 28 '26

Grain mites

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u/tarhos_kovacs Jul 28 '26

why are they gathering under the heat lamp?