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Help with identifying these please.

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fruitandbarley · 01/08/2026 10:14

I know a picture would be helpful but I cannot get a clear one as they are so so tiny.

I have what look like little spiders crawling all over me when I'm at home, they are silver/grey and barely even visible they are so small. Only reason I originally noticed them was kept feeling the crawling on my skin. I'm not imagining it, my husbands seen them.

They are definitely not bed bugs, carpet beatles or fleas, but google says spiderlings are 1mm-2mm, and these are much smaller.

Anyone got any idea what they might be please, everything I've tried to look up dosent look like them.

Oh, and they don't bite, just crawling everywhere.

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highper · 01/08/2026 10:16

are they only on you? Not your husband? Just today or every day?? This sounds like a horror

highper · 01/08/2026 10:17

Mites???

highper · 01/08/2026 10:19

I did some googling. Bird mites are a possibility?
to get a photo, get one on a piece of sellotape, stick to a dark piece of paper then use phones macro mode.

fruitandbarley · 01/08/2026 10:49

Oooh, bird mites definitely a possibility.
I'm off to buy fumigation stuff.
Thanks

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smallglassbottle · 01/08/2026 11:21

If you've caught them from pet birds/chickens they'll need treating as well as a bad infestation can kill a bird. Look for ivermectin spray online.

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