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Any idea what these bugs are?
July 21, 2018, 07:57 AM
Oz_ShadowAny idea what these bugs are?
They are tiny. Flea size or smaller. They do not jump or fly. They are easily squished. We are finding them around the doors and windows. I spray the yard regularly and we have never had these before.
The bodies are like a grain of rice but far smaller with two long antennas.
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joel9507Looks like the fairly common brownish big-pixel bug. They are known to congregate in areas where precise focus is not present.

July 21, 2018, 08:00 AM
sns3guppyBlurrus Ovalshapus.
July 21, 2018, 08:01 AM
Oz_Shadowquote:
Originally posted by joel9507:
Looks like the fairly common brownish big-pixel bug. They are known to congregate in areas where precise focus is not present.
I tried to take a pic about 50 times. They are so small the iPhone won’t focus on them very well.
July 21, 2018, 08:01 AM
joel9507To be somewhat more helpful (couldn't help myself above), you'll need a better picture to get an ID. Macro-mode might help. Needs to be in focus, though.
Get one to set still, one way or another, get the focus tight and the shutter speed high enough that camera shake won't blur things. Might have to killify one, gently (insecticide) if it's fast-motion that is keeping things blurry.
July 21, 2018, 08:28 AM
wrightdThat is a chigger. Keep it away from any orifices below your waist.
Sorry, I'm not a camera person.
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tsmccullSometimes you just need a microscope!
July 21, 2018, 08:37 AM
gearhoundsPan back until it becomes clear, take a pic, then try enlarging the image and take a screen shot. That’s how I usually defeat blurrimus maximus.
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jhe888Not a chigger. Chiggers are reddish, and arent insects.
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henryaz The ubiquitous tiny "black bug". We get them here in AZ mid summer. They invade around door weatherstrip and thresholds, and of course if you leave the door open. Millions of them, it seems sometimes. They last about a month. The invasion persists even though the monthly exterminator visit sprays liberally around the doors and windows. His spray kill scorpions and other invaders, but the black bugs persist, just on numbers alone.
July 21, 2018, 09:54 AM
DzozerCould it be a Springtail? If so, they are totally harmless, just an annoyance.
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pbslingerCan't tell much from the picture but the description sounds like pecker gnats.
July 21, 2018, 10:31 AM
Oz_ShadowNot sure about the springtail. They are smooth like micro lightning bugs but don't fly.
July 21, 2018, 10:42 AM
BlackAgnesStink bugs. We get them in the summer. If you crush them, you will see why they are called such!
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July 21, 2018, 10:44 AM
Oz_Shadowquote:
Originally posted by BlackAgnes:
Stink bugs. We get them in the summer. If you crush them, you will see why they are called such!
Our stink bugs are far larger and shield shaped.
July 21, 2018, 12:32 PM
ZSMICHAELWhat part of your body has been infested??
July 21, 2018, 04:02 PM
wrightdquote:
Originally posted by jhe888:
Not a chigger. Chiggers are reddish, and arent insects.
I was kidding. But I didn't know they aren't insects ! I thought all bugs were "insects", whatever that definition is. Interesting.
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Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster July 21, 2018, 04:47 PM
LargefarvaYou sure they don’t jump at all? They look exactly like springtails to me.
July 21, 2018, 05:32 PM
Oz_ShadowNope. Just crawl fast. If they jumped I’d say fleas.
July 21, 2018, 06:32 PM
LargefarvaReason I ask is because springtails jump as well. Several centimeters at a time. Very much like fleas but fleas don’t have the antennae like springtails do.