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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So what are these sentient dots? I keep seeing them everywhere, but no one else around me does. This is the first time I've seen anyone else acknowledge their existence.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Red spider mites. They're plant pests.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Red spider mite is the common name for Tetranychus urticae. That's quite the specific ID for such a terrible picture. I don't think it's correct, Trombidiidae seems more likely (and those are predators).

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

You know what, I think you are right. I was hasty and the shape fits your suggestion better.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Seems to be a mite (possibly red velvet mite).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

If you ever wonder what lives around you (and you have not the worst phone/camera), you could take pictures of it and upload it to iNaturalist. It is such a great site/app to learn about all the organisms around you :)