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wtf are these? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by merde@sh.itjust.works to c/whatsthisbug@sopuli.xyz

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please tell/write me that they're not ticks

i wasn't able to see clearly at that moment but when i looked at the photo back home, i saw these. Only today we removed 2 ticks and it's becoming disturbingly regular. If these are ticks on only one dung beetle, we are damned :/

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[–] AZERTY@feddit.nl 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm taking a wild guess but I think it's a large group of beetle mites?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oribatida

Edit: also this:

https://askentomologists.com/2020/09/03/why-are-burying-beetles-covered-in-mites/

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

thanks for the links