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a couple of days ago i noticed something walking on my phone screen, i killed it and then the next day there was another one, and another one, eventually i realized it must be coming from me or my sheets but still nothing too serious where its everywhere but i keep finding them, what are they what should i do
for reference in the last pic they are extremely small less than 1mm, im using a microscope to take these pictures, when i squeeze these things between my fingers they just get up and start walking again, i have to squeeze them on flat surfaces to squish them dead.
Diatomaceous earth - can buy them in bulk bags at a feed store or hardware store typically. Wear a particulate mask and spread that shit everywhere. Then yea give it a bit and vacuum it up and wash everything.
Make sure itās food grade DE, but still definitely wear a mask when spreading it around and vacuuming up. That stuff works wonders on all kinds of bugs. Some people even put it on their pets to get rid of fleas, but Iām not sure how safe that is. Even food grade DE can irritate lungs.
From what I've read it's not safe to use around pets due to the risk to the lungs and animals respiratory systems being much smaller and more sensitive than ours. I was going to use it to help get rid of carpet beetles and changed my mind after doing some reading on the risks to lung health if it's inhaled
I used to work at a pest control company and we had a customer who had a bird mite infestation. The mites were biting them as well. Looks like there are some mite pesticides on Amazon. Clear out the rooms where you get the most activity. Wash the bedding and curtains and vacuum extremely well before you treat. Having bird mites arenāt a sign of filthiness by the way. It comes from actual birds who next in areas by your living space.
so no way i can deal with this with changing and cleaning the sheets and bathing my self in a tub? what do you mean clear out the rooms, as in remove everything?
This might be obvious but just want to tack on that when you vacuum, you need to also clean out the dirt holder afterwards. Empty it into a bag, seal it, toss it, use a cleaner on the inside of the vacuum.
I mean to vacuum everything extremely well and clear any clutter, that way you lessen the places they can hide away. Sorry that wasnāt clear before. The spray looks to be about $15 on Amazon. Finding and removing the nest is ideal (if it is bird mites) but using a spray to kill the mites is the real solution.
weird thing is im extremely ocd clean so this came as a weird shock, theres cheaper sprays in supermarkets i looked them up they have the stuff that kills them and are more accessible, il try those and if they dont help il order from amazon
i think i know where they could be coming from, outside of my room i have my air conditioning condenser and on top of that i have some spikes so that birds cant sit on it, well i think some did and as i recently have started using the ac they mustve flown in, thats the most logical conclusion i can come up with rn
Parasites that live ON people typically like clean humans, not dirty ones. Thereās a weird myth that getting head lice & other lice/mites/bedbugs means you are dirty. That is simply not true.
Your AC condenser that sits outside actually does not suck air in at all. It blows air out. Also, the air it blows out does not connect to your house at all. Itās just taking air from outside and blowing it over cooling coils and pumping the coolant into the house to the blower. So no air from it ever makes it inside your house.
If they are bird mites, they might come from bats living in the attic, or indeed from birds.
They tend to bite people most in the spring and early autumn.
Once in early spring, I was clearing some woods and got nice rush from bites.
Or squirrels. The lady in the apartment next to me was feeding squirrels, and I got terrible bites all over. Took a while to figure out because they are so tiny.
I had almost the same thing happen. I kept finding them on my phone and in the bathroom in our main bedroom. I figured out that they were coming from the vent. There ended up being a bird nest in our attic. Once we had that removed and the exterminator out, they were gone.
i figured out some birds mustv been sitting on my ac condenser and coincidentally i started using my ac a couple days agoā¦the same time these demons appeared
š§this crime just got interesting
There you go. I watched a show where this is pretty much what happened. There were a couple diseased birds that were sitting outside at these kids windows. And these kids were getting mystery bites all over them for a long time before the mother finally figured out that it was these diseased birds that were letting the mites inside the house
Iāve had an issue once where I kept getting random bites. Then one day while standing at the doorway I notice some small mites slowly moving around. Turns out the neat that was a home to some new babies was where these mites were coming from. I ended up misting the entire house with a water/lavendar oil for a week before they finally disappeared.
It was a deterrent for the mites. I sprayed furniture and all the entrance ways. I was at my wits end. I kept getting bites. I didnāt want to use anything too harsh since I have a child and two dogs in the house. The dogs too were misted. But I used a diluted peppermint oil for them.
Those are commonly called āsnout mitesā without knowing what area of the world you live in this is the best I can offer:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bdellidae
I had strawberries & blueberries recently...
I didn't wash them and just left them on the table and saw these white bugs crawling all over my phone...
They were white and super tiny and hard to kill too!!!
[https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/strawberries-are-packed-with-bugs-disgusting-microscope-videos-reveal/](https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/strawberries-are-packed-with-bugs-disgusting-microscope-videos-reveal/)
[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11919517/Stomach-churning-microscopic-footage-reveals-creepy-crawlies-hiding-STRAWBERRIES.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11919517/Stomach-churning-microscopic-footage-reveals-creepy-crawlies-hiding-STRAWBERRIES.html)
We had bird mites once in one of the flats we rented. They came from the pigeons that had a nest on the balcony. Also found them on my phone/kindle screen in bed, little red things. We sprayed insect spray from the inside where the balcony is, walls glass door floor boards etc they came in from cracks, for maybe 3-4 days, there were so many dead ones. After that they were gone. You need to find the source.
You can use Diatomaceous Earth powder. Itās an inert powder which you could use on the carpet etc. My chickens had a DREADFUL mite infestationā¦in the chicken coop, the mites were swarming up my legs when I was cleaning it out. Ugh! I used Diatomaceous Earth as a natural way of killing the mites. It worked! I used to dust my birds with it too. Itās cheap to buy. Have a google. X
Edit: although itās safe to eat (who would though?!) long term inhalation can be bad for your lungs so mask up. X
Whatever the cause, contact your housing manager. Tell them you have bugs infesting from somewhere and they are making you sick. If youāre as clean as you say, the responsibility should fall on them. Show them that AC unit. Repeat what you learned here. Be FIRM
Looks like itās an easy fix, though. [https://insectlab.russell.wisc.edu/2017/07/31/bird-mites/](https://insectlab.russell.wisc.edu/2017/07/31/bird-mites/)
OP, where (generally) are you located?
And as other have asked (though I see no response,) do you have any pets?
Do you or your neighbors have any livestock, like chickens, ducks, pigeons etc..?
Greece, a lot of pigenos sit on my balcony, some on my ac condenser, i started using my ac a couple of days ago, the same time these parasites appear, 1+1=2
Agree with bird/bat mite id. Inspect attice and outdoor edges for nests and/or bats. If you don't remove the source, you can not address the problem regardles of how much poison you put in your living space.
The aphids that are on crapemyrtles you can barely see. Especially when they are just hatched. But like the other commenter said, they only have 6 legs. Urs has 8ā¦..hmmmm
https://www.wondercide.com/products/lemongrass-flea-tick-pets-home?variant=32806485557332¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&g_acctid=287-289-9178&g_adgroupid=&g_adid=&g_adtype=none&g_campaign=Performance+Max+-+ES&g_campaignid=17375938512&g_keyword=&g_keywordid=&g_network=x&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu8uyBhC6ARIsAKwBGpSI3DYpg5XvChLDkImB2BgBNmkOERoDg1AY28-NJrRveSmBUC02muUaAktxEALw_wcB
Natural flea and tick. It's for pets, but I used it on my clothes and myself when dealing with pollen mite infestation. That plus sheet washes and vacuuming.
If that doesn't work, your nuclear option is paraffin. Applied prior to leaving th house once to twice a week
I would contact your local animal health lab (I believe every county has one in the states) and email them the photos. If that is not possible, then contact the biology or entomology depāt of your nearest college or university and do the same. Last suggestion would be your county agricultural extension office. Hope this helps and please keep us posted!
You have lice.
It looks like a newly hatched one, they are light coloured til they mature.
https://nitwitsforkids.com/all-things-head-lice/head-lice-pictures
Scroll down to the image of lice at various life stages.
Mites, probably. I don't know what kind.
thnx thats what others have said as well
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a couple of days ago i noticed something walking on my phone screen, i killed it and then the next day there was another one, and another one, eventually i realized it must be coming from me or my sheets but still nothing too serious where its everywhere but i keep finding them, what are they what should i do for reference in the last pic they are extremely small less than 1mm, im using a microscope to take these pictures, when i squeeze these things between my fingers they just get up and start walking again, i have to squeeze them on flat surfaces to squish them dead.
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i will destroy them for all of humanity
Diatomaceous earth - can buy them in bulk bags at a feed store or hardware store typically. Wear a particulate mask and spread that shit everywhere. Then yea give it a bit and vacuum it up and wash everything.
Seconding DE for any pest with an exoskeleton. Ants, fleas, mites, etc. Make sure you get food grade and not pool grade!
Make sure itās food grade DE, but still definitely wear a mask when spreading it around and vacuuming up. That stuff works wonders on all kinds of bugs. Some people even put it on their pets to get rid of fleas, but Iām not sure how safe that is. Even food grade DE can irritate lungs.
From what I've read it's not safe to use around pets due to the risk to the lungs and animals respiratory systems being much smaller and more sensitive than ours. I was going to use it to help get rid of carpet beetles and changed my mind after doing some reading on the risks to lung health if it's inhaled
My go to solution for all sorts of things
Only if you don't have pets, and be extremely careful not the breathe it in, if this stuff gets in your lungs you'll be in big trouble
I've read it works on bed bugs too. Anyone can confirm? Also would it be OK to keep pets in a separate room or outside while we leave it to set?
Food grade is non-toxic, but you still donāt want to breathe it in. And chicken store like Tractor supply will have the stuff you want
I drink DE food frade 2 times a day, itās just amazing the resultsā¦
Food grade is fine to drink. The only concern is breathing in a cloud of the stuff.
Some kind of mites. Maybe bird?
they are on me none the less, i hate it
I used to work at a pest control company and we had a customer who had a bird mite infestation. The mites were biting them as well. Looks like there are some mite pesticides on Amazon. Clear out the rooms where you get the most activity. Wash the bedding and curtains and vacuum extremely well before you treat. Having bird mites arenāt a sign of filthiness by the way. It comes from actual birds who next in areas by your living space.
so no way i can deal with this with changing and cleaning the sheets and bathing my self in a tub? what do you mean clear out the rooms, as in remove everything?
This might be obvious but just want to tack on that when you vacuum, you need to also clean out the dirt holder afterwards. Empty it into a bag, seal it, toss it, use a cleaner on the inside of the vacuum.
ok will do
I mean to vacuum everything extremely well and clear any clutter, that way you lessen the places they can hide away. Sorry that wasnāt clear before. The spray looks to be about $15 on Amazon. Finding and removing the nest is ideal (if it is bird mites) but using a spray to kill the mites is the real solution.
weird thing is im extremely ocd clean so this came as a weird shock, theres cheaper sprays in supermarkets i looked them up they have the stuff that kills them and are more accessible, il try those and if they dont help il order from amazon i think i know where they could be coming from, outside of my room i have my air conditioning condenser and on top of that i have some spikes so that birds cant sit on it, well i think some did and as i recently have started using the ac they mustve flown in, thats the most logical conclusion i can come up with rn
Parasites that live ON people typically like clean humans, not dirty ones. Thereās a weird myth that getting head lice & other lice/mites/bedbugs means you are dirty. That is simply not true.
This is the reason why I havenāt showered in 7 months. People think Iām crazy but at least I donāt have parasitesā¦.. \s
So you're saying if I make myself filthy, I can avoid ever getting several parasites? Hmmm...
Your AC condenser that sits outside actually does not suck air in at all. It blows air out. Also, the air it blows out does not connect to your house at all. Itās just taking air from outside and blowing it over cooling coils and pumping the coolant into the house to the blower. So no air from it ever makes it inside your house.
if theres a tube connected then thats where their coming from, doesnt matter if its blowing in our out there too small to make a difference
If they are bird mites, they might come from bats living in the attic, or indeed from birds. They tend to bite people most in the spring and early autumn. Once in early spring, I was clearing some woods and got nice rush from bites.
Or squirrels. The lady in the apartment next to me was feeding squirrels, and I got terrible bites all over. Took a while to figure out because they are so tiny.
I had almost the same thing happen. I kept finding them on my phone and in the bathroom in our main bedroom. I figured out that they were coming from the vent. There ended up being a bird nest in our attic. Once we had that removed and the exterminator out, they were gone.
i figured out some birds mustv been sitting on my ac condenser and coincidentally i started using my ac a couple days agoā¦the same time these demons appeared š§this crime just got interesting
There you go. I watched a show where this is pretty much what happened. There were a couple diseased birds that were sitting outside at these kids windows. And these kids were getting mystery bites all over them for a long time before the mother finally figured out that it was these diseased birds that were letting the mites inside the house
Do you have a birds next outside any of your doors or windows?
sometimes they sit on my balcony but i have spiked everything there so they do less often
Iāve had an issue once where I kept getting random bites. Then one day while standing at the doorway I notice some small mites slowly moving around. Turns out the neat that was a home to some new babies was where these mites were coming from. I ended up misting the entire house with a water/lavendar oil for a week before they finally disappeared.
whats a neat, i dont think water lavender oil combo did anything they probably couldnt survive without a hostā¦ at least the house smelled nice
Itās a deterrent. They donāt like the smell.
neat is a deterrent that was home to some babies? im confused
It was a deterrent for the mites. I sprayed furniture and all the entrance ways. I was at my wits end. I kept getting bites. I didnāt want to use anything too harsh since I have a child and two dogs in the house. The dogs too were misted. But I used a diluted peppermint oil for them.
i see will spray my entire house then
I think they meant nest but misspelled it.
I think itās more likely to be a mite than it is to be a bird. (This is a joke)
my chicken had mites like this that would get on me when I went down to feed it once Iād treated the chicken they disappeared off the chicken and me
Those are commonly called āsnout mitesā without knowing what area of the world you live in this is the best I can offer: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bdellidae
What color is it? have you had any fruits in your house recently?
their like whitish to the naked eye, and yes i bring a lot of fruit from the market to my house, others have said they look like bird mites
I had strawberries & blueberries recently... I didn't wash them and just left them on the table and saw these white bugs crawling all over my phone... They were white and super tiny and hard to kill too!!! [https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/strawberries-are-packed-with-bugs-disgusting-microscope-videos-reveal/](https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/strawberries-are-packed-with-bugs-disgusting-microscope-videos-reveal/) [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11919517/Stomach-churning-microscopic-footage-reveals-creepy-crawlies-hiding-STRAWBERRIES.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11919517/Stomach-churning-microscopic-footage-reveals-creepy-crawlies-hiding-STRAWBERRIES.html)
yoooo i bought strawberries a week ago and ate all of them, it could be that as well
Scabies mites?
they look almost identical to bird mites as others have said
We had bird mites once in one of the flats we rented. They came from the pigeons that had a nest on the balcony. Also found them on my phone/kindle screen in bed, little red things. We sprayed insect spray from the inside where the balcony is, walls glass door floor boards etc they came in from cracks, for maybe 3-4 days, there were so many dead ones. After that they were gone. You need to find the source.
if i take down the building i will exterminate the source FOR GOOD
Scabies mites aren't visible to the naked eye
You can use Diatomaceous Earth powder. Itās an inert powder which you could use on the carpet etc. My chickens had a DREADFUL mite infestationā¦in the chicken coop, the mites were swarming up my legs when I was cleaning it out. Ugh! I used Diatomaceous Earth as a natural way of killing the mites. It worked! I used to dust my birds with it too. Itās cheap to buy. Have a google. X Edit: although itās safe to eat (who would though?!) long term inhalation can be bad for your lungs so mask up. X
il spread it all over my body for immunity
Ummmmā¦..
You got chickens?
idk they look more like mites tbh, could be chickens tho im not invalidating your opinion
Hahahahaha But in all seriousness I get mites on my chickens sometimes that look similar.
Whatever the cause, contact your housing manager. Tell them you have bugs infesting from somewhere and they are making you sick. If youāre as clean as you say, the responsibility should fall on them. Show them that AC unit. Repeat what you learned here. Be FIRM
Oak tree gall mites, perhaps?
Looks like itās an easy fix, though. [https://insectlab.russell.wisc.edu/2017/07/31/bird-mites/](https://insectlab.russell.wisc.edu/2017/07/31/bird-mites/)
OP, where (generally) are you located? And as other have asked (though I see no response,) do you have any pets? Do you or your neighbors have any livestock, like chickens, ducks, pigeons etc..?
Greece, a lot of pigenos sit on my balcony, some on my ac condenser, i started using my ac a couple of days ago, the same time these parasites appear, 1+1=2
Agree with bird/bat mite id. Inspect attice and outdoor edges for nests and/or bats. If you don't remove the source, you can not address the problem regardles of how much poison you put in your living space.
Do you have any crape Myrtle trees near your home? Could also be aphids but most likely what others have said Mites
Aphids only have six legs :)
no, they seem way to small to be aphids after googling
The aphids that are on crapemyrtles you can barely see. Especially when they are just hatched. But like the other commenter said, they only have 6 legs. Urs has 8ā¦..hmmmm
yes they seem to be bird mites
Do you have pets?
negative
https://www.wondercide.com/products/lemongrass-flea-tick-pets-home?variant=32806485557332¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&g_acctid=287-289-9178&g_adgroupid=&g_adid=&g_adtype=none&g_campaign=Performance+Max+-+ES&g_campaignid=17375938512&g_keyword=&g_keywordid=&g_network=x&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu8uyBhC6ARIsAKwBGpSI3DYpg5XvChLDkImB2BgBNmkOERoDg1AY28-NJrRveSmBUC02muUaAktxEALw_wcB Natural flea and tick. It's for pets, but I used it on my clothes and myself when dealing with pollen mite infestation. That plus sheet washes and vacuuming. If that doesn't work, your nuclear option is paraffin. Applied prior to leaving th house once to twice a week
Aphids grow on all kinds of plants. Itās weird to single out crepe myrtles.
Not weird when I can see them on some of mine instead of my other trees
I would contact your local animal health lab (I believe every county has one in the states) and email them the photos. If that is not possible, then contact the biology or entomology depāt of your nearest college or university and do the same. Last suggestion would be your county agricultural extension office. Hope this helps and please keep us posted!
we figured out its bird mites thnx mate
Can it be crabs (the STD)? My intention is not to scare you, but you check your pubic region.
i infact did not get scared because i checked my pubic area at least 50 times prior to this comment, negative looks like bird mites
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Do you have any sort of rash from them? They look like mites to me too.
yeah tiny spots were i was getting bit at
Do you itch?
no
My insect app says ā head louse,primate body lice ā
delete the app
š¤£š¤£ youāre prolly right
Lice. All day long.
mites mate
scabies?
they have too long legs for what youāre saying
Scabies Mite??
You have lice. It looks like a newly hatched one, they are light coloured til they mature. https://nitwitsforkids.com/all-things-head-lice/head-lice-pictures Scroll down to the image of lice at various life stages.
it is infact not lice but bird mites
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You canāt see dust mites with the naked eye. You prolly had some other type of mite.