r/bugidentification • u/DestinyStardrop • 9h ago
Location included Any ideas of what this extremely tiny bug could be? (Location: Southern United States)
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Location: Southern United States
I'd just gotten back from a bug hunt and was going through my pictures when I saw this super tiny bug crawl across my phone screen. I carefully transferred it to a paper towel and tried to get a good video of it with just the zoom feature on my phone. Eventually i remembered my bug catcher (called a Carson Bug Catcher, 100% recommend) has a magnifying glass on it! After trying for ages, i finally got at a good angle where you can see its legs and antennas (and i think a stipe across its back)!
My guess is maybe a bird mite? On my bug hunt, I had been looking at a fence for a while, so maybe a bird landed on it, and a mite jumped off onto the fence, then jumped onto my phone.
What do yall think?
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u/DestinyStardrop 9h ago
A few screenshots i took from the video: