Tiniest little bug. I only saw 4 legs, but it probably has more. Adding more pics in the comments, can only upload one. Phone wouldn’t really focus on it.

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    3 months ago

    I’ll guarantee you it has more than 4 legs for at least part of its life cycle. (Entomologists will get it)

    What part of the country are you living? Could be any number of small parasites (chigger, tick, bed bug) or it could be a larvel form of something less parasitic.

    Can guarantee it’s invertebrate, unless it’s a plant spore, but they don’t often have legs

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      3 months ago

      Ugh, did some Google searches again. Larval or nymph phase ticks look like that might be it. I found like 4 of these crawling on me just a few minutes ago.

      Thanks, hopefully I’ll not see any more.

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      3 months ago

      In the Kentucky/Indiana area.

      Pretty sure it’s not a chigger, I’ve never run into those here. Did some googling, from what I’m able to see, I don’t think it’s a bed bug either. Doesn’t seem to match any phase.

      Perhaps they’re tiny ticks. Hope not. I posted more pics to another comment thread, lmk if those help.