Yet another mite question

[ChristinaM]

sorry. I'm sure there's been a million of these asked.

k, when I first saw the mites, what I saw was this little, round black bug the size of a pinhead, maybe a touch smaller. It was crawling on my arm where my snake was, then saw 2 more on the snake.

Is that what I am continuing to look for?

I've seen little black specks on the paper towel, they don't move or anything.....is that dirt or mites? The specks look nothing like what I saw at first.

so I'm wonderring if i'm overparanoid and thinking every little black speck is a mite.

the specks i've seen are about the size of this period . some even smaller. no movement.

any help would be appreciated. Thanks :)

[Linds]

Yeah my brain goes haywire when dealing with mites too. Ya never notice the little specks in the papertowel until you have a case of mites :p I don't know if there isn anything you can do about it...lol :o

[ChristinaM]

Originally posted by Linds
Yeah my brain goes haywire when dealing with mites too. Ya never notice the little specks in the papertowel until you have a case of mites :p I don't know if there isn anything you can do about it...lol :o

LOL. bug paranoia.

so are the specks nothing? or baby mites? or my hallucinations? ;)

[Matt_K]

I think every roll of paper towel made has atleast 10 sheets that have those specks on them.. They're nothing.. I remember the first time i saw them, i flipped.. :D

[ChristinaM]

LOL....ok, thanks guys.

so I'm looking for the pinhead sized bugs I saw first then, yes? that is the normal size, description of an actual mite?

gosh I'm a PITA tonight :D

[Matt_K]

Yeah, and you'll usually see them moving.. They're pretty hard to mistake though, they're a PITA not you :D