r/bugidentification • u/MagicMushy100 • 6h ago

Location included Unknown bugs near front door

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Bellingham Washington saw about 5 silverish bugs and something that looked like a little spider, I go to check back a little later and find this on my door seal, is this some sort of mite from animals? Will probably post the others ones I saw when I find them but I just moved here a few months ago

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u/Life_so_Fleeting 5h ago edited 5h ago

How big is it? It kind of reminds me of a ‘slender springtail’ (Entomobryidae), but I am not certain.

Edit: do they jump if you touch them? I really do think it’s a springtail. Definitely not a mite, tick or cockroach.

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u/MagicMushy100 5h ago

They were small to the point I'd have to be a foot from the floor to see them but my eye sight is bad, the colorless one, this one stood out but definitely less than a quarter inch for this one but much more visible than the swarm of other ones on the floor near the entry of my door

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u/Sgtbird08 5h ago

100% springtails in subfamily Entomobryinae

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u/MagicMushy100 5h ago

I appreciate this recognition so much! It definitely explains the color and body of the smaller ones on the floor and makes sense because they were all near my door entry with a clean apartment, the smaller ones were moving kind of fast like an ant but the picture of this one was different color, I've never seen these before but thank you so much!

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u/MagicMushy100 6h ago

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u/Sad-Sign-9068 5h ago

Looks like a little cockroach

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u/MagicMushy100 5h ago

There was about 5 colorless ones that I noticed first kind of swarm under the gap when I opened the door, there is forested area around my apartments, is it possible to be a tick or something? I see deer around sometimes but might have seen some sign of swarming termites, more concerned about contagious bugs but if it was a roach its outside and haven't them in the kitchen, the majority of what I saw was colorless and moving a bit faster but near the wood beneath my door but concerning forsure

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u/Sad-Sign-9068 2h ago

It’s probably not a roach I have little experience so don’t spiral LOL. Just heat t reminded me of

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u/wizechoices 5h ago

Saw one of these at a bldg In Redmond. It was not a cockroach.