Poultry lice, mite or tick?! Or monster

[aart]

Yes, bottom is louse. Agreed there. Squish vs. crunch.

I've don't think I've ever seen the gut color like that, have you?

 

[lazy gardener]

I can't say, since I've never seen a live louse except for the memorable occasion when my dtr. brought head lice home from school.

 

[casportpony]

I've don't think I've ever seen the gut color like that, have you?

You mean the color of the second bug? I have seen lice with bellies that color and if squished on a white paper towel it looks like blood.

 

[Ragna]

You mean the color of the second bug? I have seen lice with bellies that color and if squished on a white paper towel it looks like blood.

Hmm it was hard to crush them but they were never red....

 

[Ragna]

Looks like some sort of beetle. Agreed, most beetles are harmless aside from the fact that they can infest feed supplies, can be a co-host for a number of parasites, and some of them can pack a powerful bite when disturbed.

It does look like a beetle but it seemed also very very small the size of a tick before I zoomed in on my camera

 

[casportpony]

Hmm it was hard to crush them but they were never red....

The second one? Lice can be hard to squish and the blood doesn't look the same as when you squish a flea or mosquito, but if you do it on a white paper towel you'll see some blood. Not much, but it's there.

 

[aart]

You mean the color of the second bug? I have seen lice with bellies that color and if squished on a white paper towel it looks like blood.

The dark part, looks like it's inside the bug, have seen this in other insects and very small fish, assumed it could be gut contents(blood) but I may be wrong.

 

[GC-Raptor]

I zoomed in on the first pic with my tablet. It's a beetle. I've never seen a beetle that small. GC

 

[casportpony]

The dark part, looks like it's inside the bug, have seen this in other insects and very small fish, assumed it could be gut contents(blood) but I may be wrong.
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That's what I've always assumed.

 

[Zinjifrah]

I zoomed in on the first pic with my tablet. It's a beetle. I've never seen a beetle that small. GC

Springtails are that small. About 1/16th of an inch. They're everywhere here right now - but they just eat decomposing matter. Unfortunately, they infest my plant rings to the point that they block water from getting through to the roots, so I do a peppermint/rosemary oil spray a few times a year.


Disclaimer; Google-located image, not my own.